Little Huron River

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Little Huron River
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Country United States
State Michigan
District Marquette County
Physical characteristics
SourceMt. Benison, north ridge
 - location Powell Township, Marquette County, Michigan, United States
 - coordinates 46°52′43″N87°57′52″W / 46.87861°N 87.96444°W / 46.87861; -87.96444
 - elevation1,150 ft (350 m)
Mouth Lake Superior
 - location Powell Township, Marquette County, Michigan, United States
 - coordinates 46°54′22″N88°0′6″W / 46.90611°N 88.00167°W / 46.90611; -88.00167 Coordinates: 46°54′22″N88°0′6″W / 46.90611°N 88.00167°W / 46.90611; -88.00167
 - elevation614 ft (187 m)

The Little Huron River is an 8.0-mile-long (12.9 km) [1] stream that flows entirely within Powell Township in northwest Marquette County, Michigan, in the United States. It rises on the slopes of Mount Benison and Superior Mountain in the west end of the Huron Mountains. For almost half of its length it flows generally southwesterly then westerly as it is joined by creeks from other arms of its valley. It then turns north, flowing through gentler terrain to its mouth on the south shore of Lake Superior. The Little Huron River drainage basin is 15.8 square miles (41 km2). [2]

Marquette County, Michigan County in the United States

Marquette County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 67,077. The county seat is Marquette. The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in 1843 and organized in 1851. Marquette County is the largest county in land area in Michigan, and the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, is also the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third largest freshwater lake by volume. The lake is shared by the Canadian province of Ontario to the north, the U.S. state of Minnesota to the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the south. The farthest north and west of the Great Lakes chain, Superior has the highest elevation of all five great lakes and drains into the St. Mary's River.

Name confusion

The Little Huron River is not a branch of the nearby Huron River to its west, although they are separated by less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) at their mouths. Adding to name confusion, the Huron River has Little West Branch and Little East Branch tributaries. Also, Huron River Point along Lake Superior is 5 miles (8 km) east of the Little Huron River mouth, closer to the Little Huron River than to the Huron River.

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The Huron River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) river in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River. Another much larger Huron River is in Southeast Michigan.

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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 January 3, 2012
  2. "Hazard Mitigation Plan for the County of Marquette, Michigan", p. 3-10, December 21, 2007