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My wife was going with some people fishing at Wakely lake just East of Grayling and they were staying at Canoe Harbor State Forest Campground. At first I was a bit nervous of taking the camper, as some of the SFCG are not big enough for a large camper. But there was no problem here, the campground is set up in a big loop and most of the sites are big enough for a 30+ foot camper. It is a primitive campground so no power and only hand pump water wells. If you get off at Exit 251, which is 3 miles south of Grayling, there is Charlies Country Corner truck stop. They have fresh water fill (no cost) and they also have a dump station ($4). So this makes a convenient fill/dump station that is only about 15 miles from the camp ground.
The campground has a trail that leads down to the river, since it was a hot day the kids and I put on life jackets and just floated down the river, it was fun and refreshing. The campsites are big, there are sparse to heavy trees depending on the site you select. For $15/day you can't beat this site. The place has 50+ sites so we did not have problems finding a large site (that was easy to back into). There is also Kneff Lake campground about 4 miles before this one. They offer paved pads on the upper loop and has a swimming access on the lake. If we went up again I would like to stay here to see which of the 2 places I would prefer.
