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Black River (Cheboygan County)
River in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other "Black Rivers" in Michigan, see Black River (Michigan).
Black River is a 78.8-mile-long (126.8 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through four Northern Michigan counties: Otsego, Montmorency, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan. The Black River flows into the Cheboygan River at 45°36′13″N 84°27′47″W, just south of the city of Cheboygan, and then into Lake Huron. The main branch of the Black River originates in Charlton Township in east-central Otsego County near the boundary with Montmorency County.[1] The East Branch of the Black River rises less than a mile to the east in Vienna Township in Montmorency County. The other major tributaries, Canada Creek, Tomahawk Creek and the Rainy River all rise in northern Montmorency County.
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Quick Facts Location, Country ...
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Charlton Township, Otsego County, Michigan |
Mouth | |
• location | Cheboygan River in Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan |
• elevation | 594 feet (181 m)[1] |
Length | 79 mi (127 km) |
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Tributaries (from the mouth):
- (left) Beechnut Creek[3]
- (left) Myers Creek[4]
- (right) Wixon Creek
- (left) Spring Creek[5]
- (left) Section Seven Creek[6]
- (left) Owens Creek[7]
- (right) Long Lake Creek[10]
- Long Lake[11]
- Black Lake[12]
- Cains Creek[13]
- Doriva Beach Creek[14]
- Rainy River[15]
- Stony Creek (also known as Strong Creek)[24]
- Stewart Creek[25]
- Fisher Creek[26]
- Upper Black River (portion above Black Lake)[1]
- (right) Milligan Creek[27]
- (right) Welch Creek[34]
- (right) Gillis Creek[35]
- (left) Bowen Creek[36]
- (right) Sturgis Creek[37]
- (right) Lyons Creek[38]
- (right) Gregg Creek[39]
- (left) Tomahawk Creek[40]
- (left) Canada Creek[44]
- (right) Oxbow Creek[45]
- (left) Bear Den Lake[46]
- (left) Horsehead Lake[47]
- Wildfowl Lake (also known as Upper Horsehead Lake)[48]
- (right) Little Joe Lake (also known as Horseshoe Lake)[49]
- (left) Lake Geneva (also known as Scotty Lake)[50]
- Virginia Lake (also known as Perch Lake)[51]
- (right) Montague Creek[52]
- (right) Van Hetton Creek[53]
- Muskellunge Lake[56]
- (right) Oxbow Creek[45]
- (right) McMasters Creek[61]
- (left) East Branch Black River (rises in the Green Swamp of northwest Montmorency County)[65]
- (right) Stewart Creek[69]
- Stewart Lake (also known as Sally Lake)[70]
- (right) Hardwood Creek[71]
- (left) Hodge Creek[72]
- (right) Tubbs Creek[73]
- (right) Saunders Creek[74]
- Mud Creek[75]
- (right) Little Mud Creek[76]