Category Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

Book talks

Posted on April 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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Book talks: ‘UP THE ROUGE!’ & ‘SEYDOU’

Posted on March 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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Sham environmentalism

Posted on March 8, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ve got to hand it to Friends of the Rouge and the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority. When it comes to finding ways to waste money on high-gloss publicity stunts while ignoring the need for ongoing evaluation and … Continue reading →

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Crappy meeting

Posted on February 23, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If you’re concerned about pollution in the Rouge and Detroit Rivers, there’s an important meeting tonight. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment will be discussing changes in permits for pollution levels the government will allow at … Continue reading →

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Florent Tillon’s ‘bonus’

Posted on August 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell French filmmaker Florent Tillon e-mailed the “bad news”: Instead of including our July 2009 motorboat trip up the Rouge River as part of his main feature movie, “Detroit Wild City,” he turned our river excursion into a … Continue reading →

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Turning rain into smoke

Posted on July 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Mostly, I let people post comments on JOTR without adding my two cents. Now and then, though, a comment will contain some quality that seems to cry out for my reaction. It may be very interesting, very … Continue reading →

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Swell time

Posted on May 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Thank you, Curt Guyette, for your swell story about our little May 1, 2010 venture into the Detroit River by canoe from the Riverside Park boat launch.

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Eat your heart out, Matty!

Posted on May 2, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell We put a boat into the Detroit River at Riverside Park on Saturday afternoon, May 1, 2010. It felt great! Thanks to Matty Moroun, the billionaire owner of the nearby Ambassador Bridge, no boat had set forth … Continue reading →

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Metro Times reviews ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

Somehow, we missed a very kind notice of Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River in Detroit’s Metro Times newspaper. The review of our book was the lead section of a roundup story by Michael Jackman in the November 25, 2009 issue of … Continue reading →

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‘Deadline Now’ and the Ambassador

Posted on December 31, 2009 by hro50ta1

On December 18, 2009, WGTE-TV in Toledo aired a program called “Deadline Now” hosted by journalist Jack Lessenberry. The topic was the quest for a bridge, or rather, bridges, over the Detroit River. Guests were Gregg Ward, vice president of … Continue reading →

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