The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the Whitefish River

Whitefish River (Michigan)

The Whitefish River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The mouth of the river is in Delta County at on the Little Bay De Noc of Lake Michigan. The main branch of the river is formed by the confluence of the east and west branches at .The east branch rises out of Trout...

) is located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The river rises in eastern Marquette County

Marquette County, Michigan

-National protected areas:* Hiawatha National Forest * Huron National Wildlife Refuge* Ottawa National Forest -University:Northern Michigan University is a four-year university, established in 1899, located in Marquette, Michigan, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula...

 and flows east and then north through Alger County

Alger County, Michigan

Alger County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,601. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.-History:...

 to the mouth on Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...

 at 46°31′30"N 87°01′43"W a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan. The total watershed of the Laughing Whitefish River is 36 square miles (93 km²).

A notable attraction near Sundell is the Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site

Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site

The Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site is a waterfall and state park located in Onota Township and Rock River Township, in far western Alger County, Michigan...

. http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=422 The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy

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 has established a 1728 acres (7 km²) preserve that includes three-quarters of the lake as well as over 1000 acres (4 km²) of surrounding wetlands and upland forest.http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/michigan/preserves/art16972.html

Jurist John D. Voelker

John D. Voelker

John D. Voelker , better known by his pen name Robert Traver, was an attorney, judge, and writer. He is best known as the author of the novel, Anatomy of a Murder published in 1958...

, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Supreme Court

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, published the novel Laughing Whitefish in 1965 under his pen name, Robert Traver.