ROSCOMMON —The Village of Roscommon is unveiling the new Hiawatha Park. It will be on the same side of the street across from Wallace Park on the other side of the AuSable River. It’s a popular place to launch canoes and kayaks.

Jim Periellis, the director of economic development for the Village of Roscommon said the addition will increase space for people in the area and is part of a push to bring in more tourism dollars.

“We really felt it was important to add an accessible canoe launch and kayak launch. And so having this little peninsula and river over here behind me allowed for us to put a second canoe launch in at these two parks,” said Periellis.

Periellis said it gets really crowded at the boat launch, with people waiting to launch and a number were struggling.

“It was always b

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