Recently, I pondering the thought of where the Clinton River started. Once I found out it was in one of those lakes west of Pontiac, I began to wonder what the river did once it reached Pontiac. I looked on the map and sure enough, it disappears below the city. Was anyone else aware of this? Today, I decided to check out where the Clinton river disappears and daylights, and ended up hiding a cache here. Although I hid this cache with tennis shoes, you will want to bring boots or waders to find this cache, especially after a recent rain. WARNING: Watch your steps closely! This area has great potential for a broken ankle or two. Also, do not climb any part of the fence, go around.
Check out the related web page and this article for more information on a plan to daylight the Clinton River into Pontiac:
More than 30 professionals from the nonprofit Urban Land Institute's Larson Center for Leadership are beginning a study of the feasibility of "daylighting" the Clinton River downtown in partnership with Oakland County, the City of Pontiac and the Downtown Business Association, with plans to deliver a report in June.
"Not every city has a river running through it," Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said in an interview. "Pontiac does, but they buried it. They can daylight that asset and I think they can benefit from it."
A 3,000-foot stretch of the river was covered in concrete in 1963 in an effort to prevent flooding, according to Oakland County.
The Clinton River disappears from view just west of downtown, near the Bowens Center, where it enters an underground conduit. The river re-emerges just north of East Huron Street, just east of downtown.
"As long as I've been involved in Pontiac politics, there's been talk of daylighting the Clinton River," Mayor Leon Jukowski said at the announcement of the study, made Thursday at The Crofoot.