Fence River

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Fence River
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Michigan
River mouth 46°12′06″N88°11′29″W / 46.20167°N 88.19139°W / 46.20167; -88.19139 Coordinates: 46°12′06″N88°11′29″W / 46.20167°N 88.19139°W / 46.20167; -88.19139

The Fence River is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km) [1] river in Iron County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Michigamme River, joining it in the Michigamme Reservoir.

Iron County, Michigan County in the United States

Iron County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 11,817. The county seat is Crystal Falls.

Michigan State of the United States of America

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". With a population of about 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.

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The name of Fence River is derived from a translation of the Indian word mitchigan, referring to a wooden fence constructed near its banks by the Indians for catching deer. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite , accessed December 19, 2011
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 125.


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