HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) — At the launch point for theU-Rent-Em Canoe Liveryin Hastings Monday, it was unusually quiet for mid-June. Row after row of red canoes were stuck on land.
The livery is closed due todangerous conditionson the Thornapple River.
The water is moving fast and the riverbanks are overflowing. The landing for the livery looks more like a lake.
“I’ve never seen the river this fast and high this time of year and for such a long period of time,” livery owner Julie Hawthorne-Fox told 24 Hour News 8.
The conditions have prompted awarningfrom the Barry County Sheriff’s Office: Stay off the river. Its marine unit had to rescue multiple people Sunday in the dangerous currents. There was a water rescue on the Thornapple in Kent County Friday, as well.
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