Black River (Mackinac County)

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 a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Michigan at ,[1] approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Naubinway.

The main branch of the river rises at [1] in a marshy area in eastern Garfield Township near Cranberry Lake Bog.[2] The East Branch rises at in Hudson Township and joins the main course at .[3] All of the river's drainage basin is within Mackinac County, much of it within the Lake Superior State Forest.

Tributaries (from the mouth):

References

  1. ^ a b c "Black River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:621526. 
  2. ^ "Cranberry Lake Bog". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:623994. 
  3. ^ a b "East Branch Black River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:625126. 
  4. ^ "Borgstrom Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:621745. 
  5. ^ "Peters Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:634702. 
  6. ^ "Silver Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:637908. 
  7. ^ "Bark Creek". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:620600.