Black River is a 78.8 miles (126.8 km) river in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

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, flowing mostly northward through four Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan , is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan...

 counties: Otsego

Otsego County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,301 people, 8,995 households, and 6,539 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 13,375 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

, Montmorency

Montmorency County, Michigan

-Michigan State trunklines:* M-32* M-33-Michigan State trunkline business loops:* Business M-32 is short, disconnected route in the village of Hillman.-Montmorency County intercounty highways:* F-01* F-21-Demographics:...

, Presque Isle

Presque Isle County, Michigan

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, and Cheboygan

Cheboygan County, Michigan

-Commercial Airline:There are no commercial airline airports in Cheboygan County but the nearest ones are Alpena County Regional Airport, Chippewa County International Airport , and Cherry Capital Airport...

. The Black River flows into the Cheboygan River

Cheboygan River

The Cheboygan River is a short but significant river in the Lake Huron drainage basin of the U.S. state of Michigan. in length, the Cheboygan River flows from the north end of Mullett Lake at to the Straits of Mackinac at . The river forms the boundary between Benton Township and Inverness...

 at 45°36′13"N 84°27′47"W, just south of the city of Cheboygan

Cheboygan, Michigan

Cheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County....

. The main branch of the Black River rises in Charlton Township

Charlton Township, Michigan

Charlton Township is a civil township of Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,330 at the 2000 census.- Communities :There are no incorporated municipalities in the township....

 in east-central Otsego County near the boundary with Montmorency County. The East Branch of the Black River rises less than a mile to the east in Vienna Township

Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Michigan

Vienna Township is a civil township of Montmorency County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 572 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

 in Montmorency County. The other major tributaries, Canada Creek, Tomahawk Creek and the Rainy River

Rainy River (Michigan)

The Rainy River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It is located in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, flowing northwest from Rainy Lake to Black Lake. Its waters, after passing through Black Lake, flow via the Black River and the Cheboygan...

 all rise in northern Montmorency County.

Tributaries (from the mouth):

• (left) Beechnut Creek
• (left) Myers Creek
• (right) Wixon Creek
  • (left) Spring Creek
• (left) Section Seven Creek
• (left) Owens Creek
  • (right) Twin Lakes Outlet
    • Twin Lakes
• (right) Long Lake Creek
  • Long Lake
• Black Lake
  • Cains Creek
  • Doriva Beach Creek
  • Rainy River
    Rainy River (Michigan)
    The Rainy River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It is located in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, flowing northwest from Rainy Lake to Black Lake. Its waters, after passing through Black Lake, flow via the Black River and the Cheboygan...
    
    
    • (left) Cold Creek
    • (right) Little Rainy River
      Little Rainy River
      The Little Rainy River is an tributary of the Rainy River in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Via the Rainy River, the Black River, and the Cheboygan River, its waters flow to Lake Huron.-References:*...
      
      
    • (left) East Branch Rainy River
    • Rainy Lake
      • West Branch Upper Rainy River
        • Rainy River Flooding formed by the Rainy River dam
          • Lower Tomahawk Lake
            • Upper Tomahawk Lake
  • Stony Creek (also known as Strong Creek)
  • Stewart Creek
  • Fisher Creek
  • Upper Black River (portion above Black Lake)
    • (right) Milligan Creek
      • (right) Stony Creek
        • Stony Creek Flooding
          • Adair Creek
      • (right) Gokee Creek
      • (right) Weed Creek
      • (right) Lewis Branch Adair Creek
      • Dorsey Lake (also known as Duby Lake)
    • (right) Welch Creek
    • (right) Gillis Creek
    • (left) Bowen Creek
    • (right) Sturgis Creek
      • (right) Lyons Creek
    • (right) Gregg Creek
    • (left) Tomahawk Creek
      • Francis Lake
      • Little Tomahawk Lake
      • Tomahawk Creek Flooding (on the boundary between Presque Isle and Montmorency counties)
        • Twin Tomahawk Lakes
    • (left) Canada Creek
      • (right) Oxbow Creek
        • (left) Bear Den Lake
      • (left) Horsehead Lake
        • Wildfowl Lake (also known as Upper Horsehead Lake)
      • (right) Little Joe Lake (also known as Horseshoe Lake)
      • (left) Lake Geneva (also known as Scotty Lake)
        • Virginia Lake (also known as Perch Lake)
      • (right) Montague Creek
      • (right) Van Hetton Creek
        • East Town Corner Lake
          • West Town Corner Lake
      • Muskellunge Lake
        • (left) Pug Lakes
        • Valentine Lake
          • Jackson Lake
          • Packer Creek
    • (right) McMasters Creek
      • (left) Little McMasters Creek
      • (left) West McMasters Creek
      • (right) Dog Lake
    • (left) East Branch Black River (rises in the Green Swamp of northwest Montmorency County)
      • Foch Lakes
        • Town Line Lakes
      • (left) Rattlesnake Creek
    • (right) Stewart Creek
      • Stewart Lake (also known as Sally Lake)
    • (right) Hardwood Creek
    • (left) Hodge Creek
      • (right) Tubbs Creek
    • (right) Saunders Creek
  • Mud Creek
    • (right) Little Mud Creek