St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
Tributary of Lake Michigan in Michigan and Indiana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the nearby St. Joseph River in the Maumee River watershed.
The St. Joseph River (known locally as the St. Joe) is a tributary of Lake Michigan with a length of 206 miles (332 km).[5] The river flows in a generally westerly direction through southern Michigan and northern Indiana, United States, to its terminus on the southeast shore of the lake. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Michigan. It was enormously important to Native Americans and greatly aided in the colonial exploration, settlement and administration of New France and the nascent United States as a canoe route between Lake Michigan and the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Quick Facts St. Joseph River La Rivière des Miamis (River of the Miamis), Native name ...
St. Joseph River | |
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Native name | Sakiwäsipi (Miami-Illinois)[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan, Indiana |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Baw Beese Lake |
• location | Hillsdale, Michigan |
• coordinates | 41°54′18″N 084°36′57″W[3] |
• elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
Mouth | Lake Michigan |
• location | St. Joseph, Michigan, and Benton Harbor, Michigan |
• coordinates | 42°06′51″N 086°29′18″W[3] |
• elevation | 581 ft (177 m)[3] |
Length | 206 mi (332 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
• average | 5,022.45 cu ft/s (142.220 m3/s) (estimate)[4] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Coldwater River, Swan Creek, Prairie River, Fawn River, Pigeon River, Elkhart River, Little Elkhart River |
• right | Nottawa Creek, Portage River, Rocky River, Dowagiac River, Paw Paw River |
GNIS ID | 1624891 |
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