Cataract River (Michigan)

Cataract River
Origin Mud Lake
Mouth Lake Michigan
Basin countries United States
Source elevation 620 ft (190 m)[1]
Mouth elevation 584 ft (178 m)[2]

The Cataract River is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km)[3] river in Newton Township, Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

The river rises from Mud Lake[1] at 45°59′59″N 85°39′38″W / 45.99972°N 85.66056°W[2] in southern Newton Township. It flows south approximately one half mile and receives the outflow from Stone Lake,[4] then continues to the south and west just under one mile into Lake Michigan at 45°59′15″N 85°38′36″W / 45.98750°N 85.64333°W[2] between Point Patterson[5] and Needle Point[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mud Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cataract River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 19, 2011
  4. ↑ "Stone Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. ↑ "Point Patterson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  6. ↑ "Meedle Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.