Laughing Whitefish River

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Laughing Whitefish River at the Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site

The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the Whitefish River) is located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in eastern Marquette County and flows east and then north through Alger County to the mouth on Lake Superior at 46°31′30″N, 87°01′43″W a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan. The total watershed of the Laughing Whitefish River is 36 square miles.^{[citation needed]}

A notable attraction near Sundell is the Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site. [1] The Nature Conservancy has established a 1,728 acre preserve that includes three-quarters of the lake as well as over 1,000 acres of surrounding wetlands and upland forest.[2]

Author John D. Voelker wrote Laughing Whitefish in 1965 under the pen name Robert Traver. Volker was a locally revered author and avid trout fisherman.