Black River (Mackinac County)

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

Black River is an 11.0-mile-long (17.7 km)[2] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Michigan at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.,[1] approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Naubinway.

The main branch of the river rises at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] in a marshy area in eastern Garfield Township near Cranberry Lake Bog.[3] The East Branch rises at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. in Hudson Township and joins the main course at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[4] All of the river's drainage basin is within Mackinac County, much of it within the Lake Superior State Forest.

Tributaries (from the mouth):

  • East Branch Black River[4]
    • Borgstrom Creek[5]
  • Peters Creek[6]
  • Silver Creek[7]
  • Bark Creek[8]

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 December 19, 2011
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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