Bessemer Creek Kayaking Guide

Bessemer Creek is a small stream in Ontonagon County, in the western Upper Peninsula. It is mapped in Carp Lake Township at about 46.683°N, 89.766°W, at roughly 1,180 feet elevation — in the forested highlands south of the Porcupine Mountains country, not far from White Pine.

No paddling route, access point, mileage, or character description is documented for this creek. It exists on USGS quadrangles and in the GNIS place-names database as a named stream, but paddlers have not published anything about floating it.

Treat this as an unverified small creek in remote forest country: likely narrow, with beaver activity and deadfall, and with no public launch on record.

Paddling the Bessemer Creek

No established paddling route documented

No put-in, take-out, mileage, or difficulty rating is published for Bessemer Creek. It is a small mapped stream with no public launch on record. Any exploration would be fully exploratory: check Michigan DNR waterway maps and county atlases, confirm land ownership at any road crossing, and do not count on finding runnable water or a place to launch.

Hazards & Portages

With no documented route, hazards cannot be catalogued. Expect the default small-creek complications — beaver dams, strainers, and seasonal low water — plus remoteness: this is big-woods country with limited cell service. Verify before you go.

Access & Parking

No DNR or public boat launch is documented on Bessemer Creek. Access, if any, would be informal at road crossings in the Carp Lake Township area — confirm land status first and respect posted private property.

Map

Approximate reference point for Bessemer Creek in Carp Lake Township — the creek's exact course is not well documented.