Pigeon River (Huron County, Michigan)

Pigeon River
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Main source	Sheridan Township, Huron County, Michigan
River mouth	Saginaw Bay, Huron County, Michigan; 581 ft (177 m) [1] ; 43°56′45″N83°16′48″W / 43.9458°N 83.2801°W Coordinates: 43°56′45″N83°16′48″W / 43.9458°N 83.2801°W
Length	38 miles (61 km)

Last updated May 02, 2019

The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a 37.9-mile-long (61.0 km)^[2] stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Huron County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,118. The county seat is Bad Axe. Huron County is at the northern tip of the Thumb, which is a sub region of Mid Michigan. It is a peninsula, bordered by Saginaw Bay to the west and Lake Huron to the north and east, and has over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on the Saginaw Bay. Huron County's most important industry is agriculture, as with most of the other Thumb counties. Huron County enjoys seasonal tourism from large cities such as Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw.

The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, located east of the Tri-Cities, and north of Metro Detroit. The region is also branded as the Blue Water Area of Michigan.

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains^[1] in southern Sheridan Township. It flows north and west to empty into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Caseville ^[1]

Saginaw Bay is a bay within Lake Huron located on the eastern side of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms the space between Michigan's Thumb region and the rest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Saginaw Bay is 1,143 square miles (2,960 km²) in area. It is located in parts of five Michigan counties: Arenac, Bay, Huron, Iosco, and Tuscola.

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart, to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20-fathom-deep Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the state of Michigan in the United States. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region. The Huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected from Lake Huron region. The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay. Across the lake to the southwest is Saginaw Bay. The main inlet is the St. Marys River, and the main outlet is the St. Clair River.

Caseville is a city in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located at the mouth of the Pigeon River on Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. The population was 777 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by Caseville Township. A popular destination for summer tourists, it sponsors the 10-day Cheeseburger in Caseville festival, a tribute to Jimmy Buffett's song "Cheeseburger in Paradise". It has been also called the "Perch Capital of Michigan" for its extraordinary catches of the native fish yellow "perch".

Tributaries

From the mouth:

(left) Rush Lake Drain^[3]
- Rush Lake^[4]
(left) Fisher Drain^[5]
- (right) Thompson Drain^[6]
(left) Van Drain^[7]
- (left) Fluegge Drain^[8]
- (left) Bechler Drain^[9]
(right) Newman Drain^[10]
(left) Gorke Drain^[11]
(right) West Branch Extension^[12]
- (right) Hinton Drain^[13]
(left) Schultz Drain^[14]
(right) Hartman Drain^[15]
(left) Beaubien Drain^[16]
(right) Little Pigeon River, also known as West Branch Pigeon River^[17]
- (right) Matthews Drain^[18]
  - Mud Lake^[19]
- (left) Huron Drain^[20]
  - (left) Moore Drain^[21]
  - (left) McComb Drain^[22]
  - (right) Rawson Drain^[23]
  - (left) Crawford Drain^[24] (in Tuscola County)
  - (right) Knight Drain^[25] (in Tuscola County)
  - (right) Muntz Drain^[26] (in Tuscola County)
(left) Blair Drain^[27]
- (left) Clift Drain^[28]
(right) Jordan Drain^[29]
(right) Moore Drain^[21]
(left) Elk Drain^[30]
(left) Patterson Drain^[31]
(left) Appin Drain^[32]
- (right) Shier Drain^[33]
  - (left) North Branch Shier Drain^[34]
- (right) Reid Drain^[35]
(right) Livingston Drain^[36]

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon River

[NHD-2] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 7, 2011

[3] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rush Lake Drain

[4] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rush Lake

[5] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisher Drain

[6] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thompson Drain

[7] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Van Drain

[8] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fluegge Drain

[9] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bechler Drain

[10] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newman Drain

[11] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gorke Drain

[12] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Branch Extension

[13] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hinton Drain

[14] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schultz Drain

[15] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hartman Drain

[16] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaubien Drain

[17] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Pigeon River

[18] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matthews Drain

[19] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Lake

[20] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Huron Drain

[gnis|632643|Moore_Drain-21] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moore Drain

[22] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McComb Drain

[23] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rawson Drain

[24] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crawford Drain

[25] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knight Drain

[26] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muntz Drain

[27] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blair Drain

[28] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clift Drain

[29] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jordan Drain

[30] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Drain

[31] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Patterson Drain

[32] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Appin Drain

[33] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shier Drain

[34] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Branch Shier Drain

[35] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reid Drain

[36] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Livingston Drain