Dowagiac River

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The Dowagiac River is a stream in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

It flows into the The stream rises as the "Dowagiac Drain" in central Decatur Township in southern Van Buren County, Michigan. It is joined first by the "Red Run" and then by the "Lake of the Woods Drain" near the southern edge of Hamilton Township, it becomes the "Dowagiac River" before entering into Wayne Township in Cass County. North of the city of Dowagiac, the river passes through the "Dowagiac Swamp". Just west of Dowagiac, the river is joined by its principal tributary, the "Dowagiac Creek".

The river continues south and west into Berrien County, where it flows into the St. Joseph River just north of Niles at 41°50′43″N, 86°15′58″W.

The watershed includes all or portions of the following townships:

In the souther tier of Van Buren County

• Porter Township
• Decatur Township
• Hamilton Township
• Keeler Township

In Cass County

• Marcellus Township
• Volinia Township
• Wayne Township
• Silver Creek Township
• Penn Township (the western edge around section 7)
• Lagrange Township
• Pokagon Township
• Howard Township

In Berrien County

• Niles Township

Tributaries of the Dowagiac River from the mouth

• McKinzie Creek
• Pokagon Creek
• Peavine Creek
• Dowagiac Creek
  • LaGrange Lake
  • Kelsey Lake
  • Bunker Lake
  • Finch Lake
  • Fish Lake
  • Saddlebag Lake
• Silver Creek
• Osburn Drain
• Lake of the Wood Drain
• Red Run
• Dowagiac Drain