Rogue River (Michigan)

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There is also the River Rouge (Michigan) in the southeast Michigan.

The Rogue River is a river in the in U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is 42 miles long and has a drainage basin of 234 square miles. The river joins the Grand River southeast of Belmont in Plainfield Township. The Blythefield Country Club is now situated on a bluff just northeast of where the Rogue flows into the Grand.

Originally named "Rouge River", the river's appellation was altered in the 19th century due to the printing error of a Wisconsin mapmaker. As a frontier waterway, the historic Rogue River was of major importance to local tribes and traders. During the lumber era in the latter 1800s its waters floated timber to the mills of the Grand River valley, and the riverboat Algoma plied its way northward along Rogue giving its name to the Kent county township of Algoma.

Rogue River is designated as "Country Scenic" under Michigan's Natural Rivers Act. It is popular with trout fishers and local youth who have floated the river by innertube since the mid 20th century. It is intersected in parts by the White Pine Trail. It varies from 15 feet wide in the upper sections to 80 feet wide near its end and is between 1 - 4 feet deep.

The Rockford Dam restrains the Rogue in Rockford, and the river also provides that city with municipal drinking water.