Black River (Alcona County)

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For other "Black Rivers" in Michigan, see Black River (Michigan).
Black River
Mouth Lake Huron
Basin countries United States
Mouth elevation 581 ft (177 m)[1]

Black River is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[2] river in Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The main branch rises in northern Harrisville Township at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] and flows north through Haynes Township and Alcona Township and empties into Lake Huron at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] at the unincorporated community of Black River.

The north branch rises in Sanborn Township in southern Alpena County at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[3] A large portion of its drainage basin is known as the Black River Swamp.[4] The north branch joins the main branch in Alcona Township approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the mouth at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[3]

Tributaries (from the mouth):

  • North Branch Black River[3]
    • Potvin Lake[5]
    • Gauthier Creek[6]
    • DeRocher Creek[7]
    • Butternut Creek[8]
      • Liston Creek[9]
  • Silver Creek[10]
  • Haynes Creek[11]

During the lumber boom, the town was formerly the local headquarters for Russell A. Alger's lumber company. The house on Lake Shore Road (just north of the bridge on the west side) was removed in 2009; although Alger Street runs adjacent to the river.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 21, 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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