This list 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"....

 rivers includes all stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

s designated river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan. Other waterways are listed when they have articles.

The state has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by different rivers; for example, there are eight Pine Rivers and seven Black Rivers. In four cases there are two rivers of the same name in one county. In these cases extra information such as alternate name or body of water they flow into has been added.

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• Anna River
  Anna River (Michigan)
  The Anna is a small river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The mouth of the river is at in the city of Munising on the South Bay of the Grand Island Harbor on Lake Superior....
  
  
• Au Gres River
  Au Gres River
  The Au Gres River is a river in Michigan. Its mouth is at Lake Huron in the city of Au Gres, Michigan. It flows through Arenac, Iosco and Ogemaw counties. It formerly had an eastern branch, which was severed from the parent river and rerouted along the Whitney Drain to Lake Huron north of Au Gres....
  
  
• Au Sable River
  Au Sable River (Michigan)
  The Au Sable River in Michigan runs approximately through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the towns of Grayling and Mio, and enters Lake Huron at Oscoda. It is considered one of the best brown trout fisheries east of the Rockies and has been designated a blue ribbon trout stream by the...
  
  
• Au Train River
  Au Train River
  The Au Train River is a river in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.-References:*...
  
  
• Bad River
  Bad River (Michigan)
  The Bad River is a river in Michigan. It rises in Gratiot County and empties into the Shiawassee River in Saginaw County....
  
  
• Baldwin River
  Baldwin River (Michigan)
  The Baldwin River is a stream in U.S. state of Michigan.The river rises out of Wide Waters on the southern edge of the Baldwin Luther Swamp in Newkirk Township, Lake County at...
  
  
• Baltimore River
  Baltimore River
  The Baltimore River is a river in Michigan. It rises in Ontonagon County and flows into the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. The O Kun de Kun Falls are located on the river....
  
  
• Bark River
  Bark River (Michigan)
  Bark River is a river in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately 17 miles long and flows into Green Bay on Lake Michigan in Ford River Township about 15 miles southwest of Escanaba at ....
  
  
• Bass River
  Bass River (Michigan)
  The Bass River is a stream in Ottawa County, Michigan. It flows into the Grand River....
  
  
• Battle Creek River
  Battle Creek River
  The Battle Creek River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan....
  
  
• Bean Creek
  Tiffin River
  The Tiffin River is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. Headwater tributaries of the river rise in southeastern Michigan. The river drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. Early French traders called the river Crique Féve,...
  
  
• Bear River
  Bear River (Michigan)
  Bear River is a small clear slow moving river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Little Traverse Bay in the northwest of the lower peninsula. The river is formed as the outflow of Walloon Lake on the boundary between Charlevoix County and Emmet County, draining from the...
  
  
• Bell River
  Bell River (Michigan)
  Bell River is a short river in Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Less than long, Bell River is entirely within Presque Isle Township and flows from an unnamed lake into False Presque Isle Harbor at ....
  
  
• Belle River
  Belle River (Michigan)
  The Belle River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing into the St. Clair River in Marine City at .The North Branch Belle River rises out of Long Lake at in section 22 of Attica Township in southeast Lapeer County. Long Lake is fed by the Long Lake Drain which drains marshy areas to...
  
  
• Betsie River
  Betsie River
  The Betsie River is a stream in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The name is derived from the French Riviere Aux Bec Scies, meaning river of sawbill ducks . Other alternate names include Aug-sig-o-sebe, Aux Buscies, Betsey's River, Black Robe, Gay-she-say-ing, Riviere du Pere...
  
  
• Big Betsy River
  Big Betsy River
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• Big Garlic River
  Big Garlic River
  The Big Garlic River is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. It empties into Lake Superior....
  
  
• Big Iron River
  Big Iron River
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• Big River
  Big River (Michigan)
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• Big Sable River
  Big Sable River
  The Big Sable River is a river in Michigan. It originates in Lake County in the chain of lakes known as Sauble Lakes and flows across Lake and Mason Counties. It is dammed to form Hamlin Lake, and below the dam continues through Ludington State Park to empty into Lake Michigan. It is not navigable...
  
  
• Big Siskiwit River
  Big Siskiwit River
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• Black Mallard River
  Black Mallard River
  The Black Mallard River, also known as Carp Creek, is a short river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately long and flows into Lake Huron about east of Cheboygan at ....
  
  
• Black River
  Black River (Alcona County)
  Black River is a river in Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The main branch rises in northern Harrisville Township at and flows north through Haynes Township and Alcona Township and empties into Lake Huron at at the unincorporated community of Black River.The north branch rises in...
  
   (Alcona County)
• Black River
  Black River (Southwest Michigan)
  Black River is a river in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan that empties into Lake Michigan in South Haven at , where it discharges past the South Pier Lighthouse. The river takes its name from the dark brown color of its water, which is caused by suspended sediments and organic...
  
   (Allegan/Van Buren counties)

• Black River
  Black River (Cheboygan County)
  Black River is a 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 , just south of the city of Cheboygan...
  
   (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties)
• Black River
  Black River (Gogebic County)
  The Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly in Gogebic County into Lake Superior at . Its source at is a boreal wetland on the border with Iron County, Wisconsin...
  
   (Gogebic County)
• Black River
  Black River (Mackinac County)
  Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Michigan at , approximately east of Naubinway....
  
   (Mackinac County)
• Black River
  Black River (Marquette County)
  Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into the Middle Branch Escanaba River in Ely Township of Marquette County at ....
  
   (Marquette County)
• Black River
  Black River (St. Clair County)
  Black River is an river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing into the St. Clair River at in the city of Port Huron. The Black River Canal in northern Port Huron extends east into Lake Huron near Krafft Road....
  
   (Sanilac/St. Clair counties)
• Blind Sucker River
  Blind Sucker River
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• Boardman River
  Boardman River
  The Boardman River flows into the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan. The Boardman's upper tributaries rise near Kalkaska, Michigan, and its watershed drains an area of through of river and tributaries. The Boardman River is considered one of the top ten trout streams in...
  
  
• Boyne River
  Boyne River (Michigan)
  Boyne River is a stream in Northern Michigan, named for the River Boyne in Leinster, Ireland. Together with the north and south branches, the river system has approximately of mainstream and the water basin drains...
  
  
• Brevoort River
  Brevoort River
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• Brule River
  Brule River
  Brule River is a river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin, and nearly the entire course forms a portion of the boundary between the two states.The Brule begins at Brule Lake, just inside the Michigan border, at...
  
  
• Buck Creek
  Buck Creek (Kent County, Michigan)
  Buck Creek is a tributary of the Grand River in Kent and Allegan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northern Allegan County in Byron and Gaines townships, and flows through the cities of Kentwood and Wyoming as an urban stream to enter the Grand River in Grandville.-Watershed:The...
  
  
• Canada Creek
• Carp Lake River
  Carp Lake River
  The Carp Lake River is a river in Emmet County, Michigan.The Carp Lake River is one of only five locations in the world where the critically endangered Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle has been found...
  
  
• Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac County)
• Carp River
  Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)
  Carp River is a river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of the Lake of the Cloudsat in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River or Carp River Inlet or Inlet Creek
• Carp River (Luce County), not on USGS maps
• Carp River
  Carp River (Marquette County)
  Carp River is a river in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of Deer Lake in Ishpeming Township north of Ishpeming at in the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Marquette County)

• Cass River
  Cass River
  The Cass River is a river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains large portions of Sanilac and Tuscola counties and smaller portions of Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, and Saginaw counties....
  
  
• Cataract River
  Cataract River (Michigan)
  The Cataract River is a short river in Newton Township, Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The river rises from Mud Lake at in southern Newton Township...
  
  
• Cedar River
  Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan)
  Cedar River is a stream in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed.The Cedar River rises in southwest Chestonia Township at and flows mostly to the west into the Intermediate River in Bellaire at ....
  
   (Antrim County)
• Cedar River
  Cedar River (Gladwin County, Michigan)
  The Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing though Clare County and Gladwin County.The main branch of the river is formed by the confluence of Cranberry Creek and the West Branch Cedar River at in Hamilton Township, Clare County...
  
   (Clare/Gladwin counties)
• Cedar River
  Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
  Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, that rises in the northern part of Menominee County at and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay at in the community of Cedar River....
  
   (Menominee County)
• Charlotte River
  Charlotte River
  The Charlotte River is a river in Michigan.-References:*...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Chippewa River
  Chippewa River (Michigan)
  The Chippewa River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs through the central Lower Peninsula. The Chippewa is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River and is thus part of the Saginaw River drainage basin...
  
  
• Chocolay River
  Chocolay River
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• Clam River
  Clam River (Michigan)
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• Cliff River
  Cliff River
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• Clinton River
• Coldbrook Creek
  Coldbrook Creek (Michigan)
  Coldbrook Creek is an urban stream in Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan. Its origin is the outflow of Fisk Lake on the John W. Blodgett Estate, and the stream eventually drains to the Grand River...
  
  
• Coldwater River
  Coldwater River (Western Michigan)
  Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in western Michigan, the river is a part of the Grand River drainage basin....
  
   (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties)
• Coldwater River
  Coldwater River (Branch County)
  Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Branch County, the river rises in Ovid Township at as the outflow of Coldwater Lake. Flowing north and west, it is joined by the outflow from the Lake of the Woods and continus north for several miles...
  
   (Branch County)
• Coldwater River
  Coldwater River (Isabella County)
  Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Isabella County, the river rises as the outflow of Littlefield Lake in western Gilmore Township...
  
   (Isabella counties)
• Cranberry River
  Cranberry River (Michigan)
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• Creighton River
  Creighton River
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• Crooked River
  Crooked River (Michigan)
  The Crooked River is a river in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is short stream, less than long, flowing northeast from Crooked Lake at near Alanson into Burt Lake at . It forms part of the Inland Waterway of Michigan....
  
  
• Crow River
  Crow River (Michigan)
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• Crystal River
  Crystal River (Michigan)
  The Crystal River is located in the southwest section of Leelanau County in Northern Michigan's Lower Peninsula, flowing from Glen Lake through sections of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore into Lake Michigan just north of the small town of Glen Arbor...
  
  
• Cut River
  Cut River
  Cut River is a small, short river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The 4-mile river runs along the boundary between Hendricks Township and Moran Township, with the mouth on Lake Michigan about two miles east of Epoufette and about four miles west of Brevort.It drains part of...
  
  

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• Days River
  Days River
  The Days River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is a narrow river that is rocky, scenic and supports brook, steelhead trout, rainbow trout and smelt in the spring. The river runs south to its mouth on Little Bay De Noc on Lake Michigan at , near Masonville...
  
  
• Dead River
  Dead River (Michigan)
  The Dead River is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior....
  
  
• Dead Sucker River
  Dead Sucker River
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• Deer River
  Deer River (Michigan)
  Deer River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in northeast Iron County and flows south for approximately twelve miles before merging into the western arm of the Michigamme Reservoir....
  
  
• Detroit River
  Detroit River
  The Detroit River is a strait in the Great Lakes system. The name comes from the French Rivière du Détroit, which translates literally as "River of the Strait". The Detroit River has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The river...
  
  
• Devils River
  Devils River (Michigan)
  Devils River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Alpena County south of the city of Alpena.The mouth is on Thunder Bay of Lake Huron at near the small community of Ossineke in Sanborn Township. The north branch rises as the outflow of Devils Lake a few mile...
  
  
• Dingman River
  Dingman River
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• Dowagiac River
  Dowagiac River
  The Dowagiac River is a stream in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises as the "Dowagiac Drain" a few miles east of Decatur in central Decatur Township in southern Van Buren County, Michigan...
  
  
• Driggs River
  Driggs River
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• Duck River
  Duck River (Michigan)
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  , also called Duck Creek
• Eagle River
  Eagle River (Michigan)
  The Eagle River is a small river on the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Superior in the community of Eagle River...
  
  
• East Branch St. Joseph River
  St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
  The St. Joseph River is an tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. It shares its name with the St...
  
  
• East Sleeping River
  East Sleeping River
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• Ecorse River
  Ecorse River
  The Ecorse River is an river in southern Michigan. Because of its small size, it is often identified as Ecorse Creek. It flows through the Downriver section of Metro Detroit, and is a tributary of the Detroit River. The early French settlers named it the Rivière aux Écorces, meaning the "bark...
  
  
• Elk River
  Elk River (Michigan)
  The Elk River is a very short but significant river in the Lake Michigan drainage basin of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is only 1.5 miles in length, and flows from Elk Lake into Grand Traverse Bay. It forms a waterway and harbor for the municipality of Elk Rapids.Elk Lake is 192 feet deep and...
  
  
• Elm River
  Elm River (Michigan)
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• Escanaba River
  Escanaba River
  The Escanaba River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.In his poem The Song of Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow describes how Hiawatha "crossed the rushing Esconaba". It is a wide river that cuts into limestone beds...
  
  
• Falls River
  Falls River (Michigan)
  The Falls River drains Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and flows into Lake Superior in the community of L'Anse. Its name derives from the fact that it flows over slate bedrock with a gradient that increases as it nears its mouth, cascading over numerous slate waterfalls.The Falls...
  
  
• Fawn River
  Fawn River (Michigan)
  The Fawn River is a river in southwest Michigan and northeast Indiana in the United States. It flows into the St. Joseph River at in the city of Constantine, Michigan. The headwaters rise in a series of lakes and marshes in northern Steuben County, Indiana near Pokagon State Park, where it is...
  
  
• Fence River
  Fence River
  The Fence River is a river in Iron County, Michigan that flows into the Michigamme River via Michigamme Reservoir.-References:*...
  
  

• Firesteel River
• Fishdam River
  Fishdam River
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• Flat River
  Flat River (Michigan)
  The Flat River is a tributary of the Grand River in the western part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises as the outflow of the six lakes system in Belvidere Township, west of Edmore in Montcalm County. It flows mostly south and slightly west through Montcalm County, Ionia County, and Kent...
  
  
• Flint River
  Flint River (Michigan)
  The Flint River is a river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States. It flows through the city of Flint and the counties of Genesee, Lapeer and Saginaw.- Course :...
  
  
• Flintsteel River
  Flintsteel River
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• Floodwood River
  Floodwood River (Michigan)
  Floodwood River is a river in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Floodwood River rises from the highlands of southern Ontonagon Township at and flows north approximately into Lake Superior at approximately west of the village of Ontonagon.The Floodwood is one of several nearly...
  
  
• Ford River
  Ford River (Michigan)
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• Fox River
  Fox River (Michigan)
  The Fox River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In 1919 Ernest Hemingway spent time fishing the Fox after his return from Europe, where he had been hospitalized after injury in World War I. That fishing expedition formed the basis of his early short-story "Big Two-Hearted...
  
  
• Galena River
  Galena River (Indiana)
  The Galena River is an stream in northern Indiana in the United States. It rises in the northeast corner of Springfield Township, about north of LaPorte in LaPorte County and flows northeast. Just after it cross the state boundary into Three Oaks Township in Berrien County, Michigan, it is...
  
  
• Galien River
  Galien River
  The Galien River is a stream in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at the outlet of Dayton Lake and flows in a predominantly westerly direction until it enters southeastern Lake Michigan at New Buffalo...
  
  
• Gogomain River
  Gogomain River
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• Goose Creek
  Goose Creek (River Raisin)
  Goose Creek is a small stream in Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the River Raisin. The headwaters form in Somerset Township in northeast Hillsdale County flowing northeast to join the River Raisin just north of the village of Brooklyn. ...
  
  
• Grand River
  Grand River (Michigan)
  The Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through the cities of Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...
  
  
• Grass River
  Grass River (Michigan)
  The Grass River is a short river in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of a watershed that begins in northern Antrim County with Intermediate Lake, which is connected by the Intermediate River with Lake Bellaire. The Grass River flows from Lake Bellaire into Clam Lake, which...
  
  
• Gratiot River
  Gratiot River
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• Graveraet River
  Graveraet River
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• Green River, flows into Jordan River
  Jordan River (Michigan)
  The Jordan River is a stream in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Lake Charlevoix. The Jordan's headwaters rise from springs in the upper Jordan River Valley northwest of Mancelona in Antrim County...
  
  
• Green River, part of Intermediate River system
• Gun River
  Gun River
  The Gun River is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Gun Lake at the border between Allegan and Barry counties and flows southwest through Allegan County to its mouth at the Kalamazoo River just east of Otsego.-References:*...
  
  
• Hemlock River
  Hemlock River
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• Hendrie River
  Hendrie River
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• Hersey River
  Hersey River
  The Hersey River is a stream in the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Lincoln Township in northwest Osceola County at the junction of Hersey Creek and the East Branch Hersey Creek at . For approximately the first two miles, the river flows southward just east of U.S. Route...
  
  
• Huron River
  Huron River (northern Michigan)
  The Huron River is a small river system located in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River....
  
   (Baraga/Marquette counties)
• Huron River
  Huron River (Michigan)
  The Huron River is a river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Indian Springs Metropark in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie on the boundary between Wayne County and Monroe County...
  
   (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties)
• Hurricane River
  Hurricane River
  The Hurricane River is a river in the upper peninsula of Michigan. It empties into Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. There is a campground at the mouth of the river which is also the beginning of a trail that leads past various old shipwrecks to the historic Au Sable Lighthouse...
  
  
• Indian River
  Indian River (Mantistique River)
  Indian River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan rises out of Hovey Lake at on Hiawatha National Forest land in Alger County and flows south and east through a lake district and on through Schoolcraft County. The river flows into the 8,659 acre Indian Lake at and flows out at...
  
   (Alger/Schoolcraft counties)
• Indian River
  Indian River (Mullett Lake)
  Indian River in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is a short waterway in Cheboygan County that flows from Burt Lake at to Mullett Lake at...
  
   (Cheboygan County)
• Intermediate River
• Iron River
  Iron River (Iron County, Michigan)
  The Iron River is a river in Iron County that flows from north to south through Iron River, Michigan to the Brule River....
  
   (Iron County)
• Iron River
  Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan)
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   (Marquette County)
• Jordan River
  Jordan River (Michigan)
  The Jordan River is a stream in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Lake Charlevoix. The Jordan's headwaters rise from springs in the upper Jordan River Valley northwest of Mancelona in Antrim County...
  
  
• Jordan River of Beaver Island
  Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)
  Beaver Island is the largest island in Lake Michigan and part of the Beaver Island archipelago. Once home to a unique American monarchy, the island is now a popular tourist and vacation destination....
  
  
• Jumbo River
  Jumbo River
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• Kalamazoo River
  Kalamazoo River
  The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch...
  
  
• Kawkawlin River
  Kawkawlin River
  The Kawkawlin River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron at , approximately west of the mouth of the Saginaw River....
  
  
• Kelso River

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• Laughing Whitefish River
  Laughing Whitefish River
  The Laughing Whitefish River is located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in eastern Marquette County and flows east and then north through Alger County to the mouth on Lake Superior at a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan...
  
  
• Leland River
  Leland River
  The Leland River is a short river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in the unincorporated community of Leland, the river is about one-mile long and connects Lake Leelanau with Lake Michigan, winding past historic Fishtown, a dam and two restaurants. The dam was built in 1854 and it raised...
  
  , also called the Carp River
• Lincoln River
  Lincoln River
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• Little Betsie River (Lower Peninsula of Michigan
  Lower Peninsula of Michigan
  The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is the southern of the two major landmasses of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Ohio and Indiana. Geographically, the Lower Peninsula has a recognizable shape that many people...
  
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• Little Betsy River
  Little Betsy River
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   (Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
  
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• Little Black River
  Little Black River (Cheboygan County)
  The Little Black River is a stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Beaugrand Township at and flows eastward into Lake Huron in the city of Cheboygan at , less than a mile west of the mouth of the Cheboygan River....
  
   (Cheboygan County)
• Little Black River (Gogebic County)
• Little Brevoort River
  Little Brevoort River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Carp River
  Little Carp River (Baraga County)
  Little Carp River is a river in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at in the Upper Peninsula.The river flows generally to the northeast and empties into Keweenaw Bay of Lake Superior at on the southeast side of the Keweenaw Peninsula....
  
   (Baraga County)
• Little Carp River
  Little Carp River (Cheboygan County)
  The Little Carp River is a short stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The river begins in Munro Township at , just south of Douglas Lake, and flows south into Burt Township and empties into Burt Lake at . The river is also known as "Carp Creek" and "Carp River"....
  
   (Cheboygan County), also called Carp River and Carp Creek
• Little Carp River
  Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)
  Little Carp River is a river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties)
• Little Cedar River
  Little Cedar River (Tobacco River)
  Little Cedar River is an river in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Cedar rises in Buckeye Township at , and flows primarily south into the Tobacco River at ....
  
   (Gladwin County)
• Little Cedar River
  Little Cedar River (Menominee River)
  Little Cedar River is a river in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Cedar rises in Meyer Township at , approximately northwest of Hermansville...
  
   (Menominee County)
• Little Cranberry River
  Little Cranberry River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Dead River
  Little Dead River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Elm River
  Little Elm River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Fawn River
• Little Fishdam River
  Little Fishdam River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Fox River
  Little Fox River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Garlic River
  Little Garlic River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Gratiot River
  Little Gratiot River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Hemlock River
  Little Hemlock River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Huron River
  Little Huron River
  The Little Huron River flows entirely within Powell Township in northwest Marquette County, Michigan. It arises on the slopes of Mt. Benison in the west end of the Huron Mountains. For almost half of its length it flows generally southwesterly then westerly as it is joined by creeks from other...
  
  

• Little Indian River
  Little Indian River (Michigan)
  The Little Indian River is a river in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in a small lake on Hiawatha National Park land in Alger County, Michigan at , flows through a lake district, then on through Schoolcraft County, and into the Indian River at .Most of its course roughly...
  
  
• Little Iron River
  Little Iron River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Manistee River
  Little Manistee River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Maple River
  Little Maple River
  The Little Maple River is a tributary of the Maple River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Victor Township, Clinton County at the outlet of Cedar Lake. It flows through Sleepy Hollow State Park which surrounds Lake Ovid. Lake Ovid was created by...
  
  
• Little Misery River
  Little Misery River
  The Little Misery River is a river on the Keewenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flows into the Misery River at , shortly before it flows into Lake Superior....
  
  
• Little Molasses River
  Little Molasses River
  The Little Molasses River is an river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Molasses River, which flows to the Tittabawassee River and is part of the Saginaw River watershed.-References:*...
  
  
• Little Munuscong River
  Little Munuscong River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Muskegon River
  Little Muskegon River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Ocqueoc River
• Little Otter River
  Little Otter River
  The Little Otter River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...
  
  
• Little Pigeon River
  Little Pigeon River (Mullett Lake)
  The Little Pigeon River is a stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises in Koehler Township at , out of a marshy area fed by Kimberly Creek approximately one mile north of the community of Afton....
  
   (Cheboygan County), empties into Mullett Lake
• Little Pigeon River
  Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County)
  The Little Pigeon River is a stream in Otsego and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises from the outflow of Mud Lake in northern Corwith Township, Otesgeo County at , It flows north and east to empty into the Pigeon River at in the southeastern corner of Walker Township...
  
   (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties), empties into Pigeon River
• Little Pigeon River (Huron County)
• Little Presque Isle River
  Little Presque Isle River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Rabbit River
• 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:*...
  
  
• Little Rapid River
• Little River
  Little River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little River Raisin
  Little River Raisin
  The Little River Raisin is a tributary of the River Raisin in southeastern Michigan in the United States.-References:*...
  
  
• Little Silver River
  Little Silver River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Siskiwit River
  Little Siskiwit River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Sturgeon River
  Little Sturgeon River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Thornapple River
  Little Thornapple River (Coldwater River)
  Little Thornapple River is a river in Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Thornapple rises from the outflow of Jordan Lake in north-central Woodland Township at ....
  
  , tributary of the Coldwater River in Barry County
• Little Thornapple River
  Little Thornapple River (Eaton County)
  Little Thornapple River is a river in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Thornapple rises in central Carmel Township at , approximately from downtown Charlotte.There are few named tributaries...
  
  , tributary of the Thornapple River in Eaton County
• Little Tobacco River
  Little Tobacco River
  The Little Tobacco River is a river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, which flows to the Saginaw River.-References:*...
  
  
• Little Trout River
  Little Trout River
  The Little Trout River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Huron.-References:*...
  
  
• Little Two Hearted River
  Little Two Hearted River
  -References:*...
  
  

• Little Union River
  Little Union River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Looking Glass River
  Looking Glass River
  The Looking Glass River in the U.S. state of Michigan is a river flowing through the central region of the Lower Peninsula. It is about long, has no dams, and borders many wetlands and woodlots....
  
  
• Lower Millecoquins River
  Milecoquins River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Macatawa River
  Macatawa River
  The Macatawa River, also known as the Black River, is located in the lower part of Ottawa County, Michigan, which drains into Lake Macatawa and eventually into Lake Michigan. The main stream is long....
  
  
• Manistee River
  Manistee River
  The Manistee River in the U.S. state of Michigan, runs approximately 232 miles through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the villages of Sharon, Smithville, Mesick, and enters Lake Michigan at Manistee. It is considered, like the nearby Au Sable River, to be one of the best trout fisheries east...
  
  
• Manistique River
  Manistique River
  The Manistique River is a 67-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Michigan that winds southward through the central Upper Peninsula from its headwaters near Lake Superior to its mouth in Lake Michigan. It drains approximately of the Upper Peninsula, including most of Schoolcraft County and small...
  
  
• Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties)
• Maple River
  Maple River (Grand River)
  The Maple River is a tributary of the Grand River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee County south of the city of Owosso. It flows west through Clinton, Gratiot and Ionia counties, flowing into the Grand River at Muir...
  
   (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties)
• Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties)
• Medora River
  Medora River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Menominee River
  Menominee River
  The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 118 mi , draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan...
  
  
• Michigamme River
  Michigamme River
  The Michigamme River flows from Lake Michigamme in Marquette County, through Dickinson County, Michigamme Reservoir, Peavy Pond and Michigamme Lake in Iron County to the confluence of the Brule River where the Menominee River starts which can be viewed from the dam on Michigamme Lake...
  
  
• Middle Branch River
  Middle Branch River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Milakokia River
  Milakokia River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Milk River
  Milk River (Michigan)
  The Milk River is a stream in Wayne County and Macomb County, Michigan, flowing into Lake St. Clair. It flows through the cities of Grosse Pointe Woods and St. Clair Shores.-References:*...
  
  
• Mineral River
  Mineral River
  The Mineral River is a short tributary of Lake Superior on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows for its entire length in western Ontonagon County, rising in the Ottawa National Forest and flowing generally northward to meet Lake Superior about 11 mi ...
  
  
• Miners River
  Miners River
  The Miners River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is the largest river in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Miners River has its origin outside of the National Lakeshore, near Ginpole Lake in the Hiawatha National Forest, and flows for over 8 miles into Lake Superior. Miners...
  
  
• Misery River
  Misery River
  The Misery River is a river on the Keewenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is formed from the outflow of Lake Roland in Houghton County, Michigan at near Twin Lakes State Park and flows into Misery Bay on Lake Superior at - Tributaries :...
  
  
• Mitchigan River
  Mitchigan River
  Mitchigan River is a small stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flows into the Fence River at in northeast Iron County in Mansfield Township. The Fence River is a tributary of the Michigamme River, which is itself a tributary the Menominee River. The Mitchigan River has...
  
  
• Molasses River
  Molasses River
  The Molasses River is a river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, part of the Saginaw River watershed.-References:*...
  
  
• Montreal River
  Montreal River (Michigan)
  The Montreal River is a river in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Montreal River contains several rare plants and habitat, falls, and archeological sites; the lower portion of the Montreal River to Smith Fisheries is lowland conifer and contains steep slopes.Coordinates:...
  
   (Keweenaw County)
• Montreal River (Wisconsin
  Wisconsin
  Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
  
  –Michigan border)
• Moran River
  Moran River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Mosquito River
  Mosquito River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Munuscong River
  Munuscong River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Murphy River
  Murphy River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Muskegon River
  Muskegon River
  The Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river has its headwaters in Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. From there it flows mostly southwest to Muskegon, Michigan,...
  
  

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• Net River
  Net River
  The Net River is a river that starts in Baraga County and travels through Iron County Michigan and flows into the Paint River above Crystal Falls.-References:*...
  
  
• New River
  New River (Michigan)
  The New River is a river in Huron County, Michigan. It flows north into Lake Huron, reaching the lake just west of Huron City.-References:*...
  
  
• North River
  North River (Michigan)
  The North River is a stream in Bedford Township in southeastern Michigan, the United States. It is a tributary of Flat Creek, which flows northeast to Little Lake Creek, a tributary of Lake Erie.-References:*...
  
  
• Nottawa Creek
  Nottawa Creek
  Nottawa Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into the St. Joseph River at , approximately three miles east of the village of Mendon....
  
   (also known as Nottawa River)
• Ocqueoc River
  Ocqueoc River
  The Ocqueoc River is stream in Presque Isle County in the northeastern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is long and encompasses a watershed of approximately ....
  
  
• Ogontz River
  Ogontz River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Ontonagon River
  Ontonagon River
  The Ontonagon River is a river flowing to Lake Superior on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. The main stem of the river is 25 mi long and is formed by a confluence of several longer branches, portions of which have been collectively designated as a National Wild...
  
  
• Ottawa River
  Ottawa River (Lake Erie)
  The Ottawa River, also known as Ottawa Creek, is a short river, approximately long , in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan in the United States. It drains an area on the Ohio-Michigan border along the eastern and northern fringes of the city of Toledo, goes through Ottawa Hills, and empties...
  
  , usually called North Tenmile Creek
• Otter River
  Otter River (Michigan)
  The Otter River is a river in Houghton County, Michigan.The Otter was home to the last known population of Michigan Grayling . No grayling have been seen or caught in the river since 1938. -References:*...
  
  
• Paint Creek
  Paint Creek (Michigan)
  Paint Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in northern Oakland County and rising in Brandon Township in the northern part of the county. The creek drains through a series of lakes that lead into Lake Orion. Paint Creek continues as the outflow from the east end of Lake Orion in...
  
  
• Paint River
  Paint River
  Paint River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is a tributary of the Brule River and flows through Gogebic and Iron counties.The Paint River flows through Crystal Falls, Michigan and empties into the Brule River before its confluence with the Michigamme River...
  
  
• Paw Paw River
  Paw Paw River
  The Paw Paw River is located in the U.S. state of Michigan in the southwest portion of the lower peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of the north and south branches at in Waverly Township in the northeast of Van Buren County. It flows approximately through Van Buren County and Berrien...
  
  
• Pelton River
  Pelton River
  -References:*...
  
  , also called Pelton Creek
• Pentwater River
  Pentwater River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Perch River
  Perch River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Pere Marquette River
  Pere Marquette River
  The Pere Marquette River is a river in the State of Michigan. The main stream of this river is about long, running from Lake County, Michigan just west of Reed City into the Pere Marquette Lake, and from there into Lake Michigan....
  
  
• Peshekee River
  Peshekee River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties), empties into Mullett Lake
• Pigeon River
  Pigeon River (Lake Huron)
  The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains at , in southern Sheridan Township...
  
   (Huron County), empties into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron
• Pigeon River (Ottawa County), empties into Lake Michigan
• Pigeon River (St. Joseph County), empties into the St. Joseph River

• Pike River
  Pike River (Michigan)
  The Pike River is a stream in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The river begins in Portage Township at , flows northeast into Chassell Township, and empties into Pike Bay of Portage Lake at near the community of Chassell....
  
  
• Pilgrim River
  Pilgrim River
  The Pilgrim River is a river in Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan. The river flows near the Portage Lake Golf Course and empties into the Keweenaw Waterway....
  
  
• Pinconning River
  Pinconning River
  The Pinconning River is a river in Bay County, Michigan, in the United States. It flows into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.-References:*...
  
  
• Pine Creek (Gratiot County)
• Pine River (Alcona/Iosco counties)
• Pine River (Arenac County)
• Pine River (Charlevoix County)
• Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties)
• Pine River
  Pine River (Manistee River)
  The Pine River, formerly known as the South Branch Manistee River, rises in southeast Wexford County, Michigan, flows southwest across northwest Osceola County, then west and north through the northeast corner of Lake County and back into southwest Wexford County, emptying into the Tippy Dam Pond...
  
   (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River
• Pine River (Marquette County)
• Pine River
  Pine River (Chippewa River)
  The Pine River is a river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Pine River is a tributary of the Chippewa River and is thus part of the Saginaw River drainage basin....
  
   (Bay/Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties)
• Pine River (St. Clair County)
• Pinnebog River
  Pinnebog River
  The Pinnebog River is a river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Huron on the west side of the "tip" of the "thumb"....
  
  
• Plaster Creek
  Plaster Creek
  Plaster Creek is a urban stream in Kent County, Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The stream is named for the large deposit of gypsum found at its mouth...
  
  
• Platte River
  Platte River (Michigan)
  The Platte River is a short river in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Its mouth is located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and much of the rest is in the Pere Marquette State Forest....
  
  
• Pointe aux Chenes River
  Pointe aux Chenes River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Portage River (Houghton County), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway
• Portage River
  Portage River (Jackson County, Michigan)
  The Portage River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County.The Portage River rises at approximately in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation Area. The river flows mostly southwest into the Grand River at in Blackman...
  
   (Jackson/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Grand River
  Grand River (Michigan)
  The Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through the cities of Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...
  
  
• Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties), a tributary of the St. Joseph River

• Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Huron River
  Huron River (Michigan)
  The Huron River is a river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Indian Springs Metropark in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie on the boundary between Wayne County and Monroe County...
  
  
• Potagannissing River
  Potagannissing River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Potato River
  Potato River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Prairie River
  Prairie River (Michigan)
  The Prairie River is a small river that flows through Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The river rises at in northern Kinderhook Township in Branch County, and flows west-northwest into the St...
  
  
• Presque Isle River
  Presque Isle River
  The Presque Isle River runs through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and empties into Lake Superior. Along its course, it flows through the Ottawa National Forest and Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. It has 300 mi2 of drainage area in Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin.Several...
  
  
• Quanicassee River
  Quanicassee River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Rabbit River
  Rabbit River
  The Rabbit River is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River within Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river's watershed covers of land and drains most of north-central and northeast Allegan County as well as small portions of Barry, Kent and Ottawa counties.The river rises in farmland...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties)
• Rapid River
  Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan)
  Rapid River is a river in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river empties into Torch River at the community of Torch River just south of Torch Lake....
  
   (Kalkaska County)
• Rapid River
  Rapid River (Ontonagon County, Michigan)
  The Rapid River is a short river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Bergland Township and flows mostly east into the Big Iron River....
  
   (Ontonagon County)
• Ravine River
  Ravine River (Michigan)
  The Ravine River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises in Baraga County near Mount Arvon at and flows initially northward and then westward into the Huron Bay of Lake Superior at ....
  
  
• Red Cedar River
  Red Cedar River (Michigan)
  The Red Cedar River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Grand River in Michigan. Its source is Cedar Lake which is located in Marion Township in the southeastern corner of Livingston County, and it runs about through Okemos, East Lansing, including the campus of Michigan State University, and...
  
  
• Rifle River
  Rifle River
  Rifle River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northeastern Ogemaw County and flows through Arenac County to enter Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. Once a logging river during the Michigan forestry boom at the turn of the 20th century, the river is now primarily used for recreation,...
  
  
• River Raisin
  River Raisin
  The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost , draining an area of in the Michigan counties of Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw,...
  
  
• River Rouge
  River Rouge (Michigan)
  The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit....
  
   or Rouge River
• River Styx
  River Styx (Michigan)
  The River Styx is an tributary of Pine Creek in Gratiot County, Michigan, in the United States. Its water flows via Pine Creek, the Maple River, and the Grand River to Lake Michigan.-References:*...
  
   (Marquette County)
• River Styx
  River Styx (Michigan)
  The River Styx is an tributary of Pine Creek in Gratiot County, Michigan, in the United States. Its water flows via Pine Creek, the Maple River, and the Grand River to Lake Michigan.-References:*...
  
   (Montcalm County)
• Rock River
  Rock River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
   (Alger County)
• Rock River
  Rock River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
   (Baraga County)
• Rock River
  Rock River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
   (Mackinaw County)
• Rocky River
  Rocky River (Michigan)
  The Rocky River is a stream located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into the St. Joseph River at in the city of Three Rivers in St. Joseph County. The Rocky River, along with the St...
  
  
• Rogue River
  Rogue River (Michigan)
  The Rogue River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is long and has a drainage basin of ....
  
  
• Ruby Creek

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• Saganing River
  Saganing River
  The Saganing River, also known as Saganing Creek, is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises from the confluence of Saganing Creek and Budd Drain in the northwest corner of Pinconning Township just south of the Arenac County/Bay County boundary at and flows in a gentle arc to the...
  
  
• Sage River
  Sage River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Saginaw River
  Saginaw River
  The Saginaw River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee rivers southwest of Saginaw. It flows northward into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron just northeast of Bay City. The watershed area is .The river is an important shipping...
  
  
• Saint Clair River
  St. Clair River
  The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair, forming part of the international boundary between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan...
  
  
• St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
  St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
  The St. Joseph River is a river, approximately long, in southern Michigan and northern Indiana in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Michigan...
  
  
• St. Marys River
  St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)
  The St. Marys River , sometimes written as the St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall of ....
  
  
• Saline River
  Saline River (Michigan)
  The Saline River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. A tributary of the River Raisin, it originates in Washtenaw County; flows through the cities of Saline and Milan, where it enters Monroe County; then joins the River Raisin at the village of Dundee...
  
  
• Salmon Trout River
  Salmon Trout River
  There are two streams named Salmon Trout River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.-Marquette County:Salmon Trout River in the Huron Mountains of Marquette County is home to the endangered "coaster" brook trout. The river flows into Lake Superior several miles northwest of Big Bay...
  
   (Houghton County)
• Salmon Trout River
  Salmon Trout River
  There are two streams named Salmon Trout River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.-Marquette County:Salmon Trout River in the Huron Mountains of Marquette County is home to the endangered "coaster" brook trout. The river flows into Lake Superior several miles northwest of Big Bay...
  
   (Marquette County)
• Salt River
  Salt River (Michigan)
  -Macomb County:The Salt River in Macomb County empties into Anchor Bay of Lake Saint Clair in Chesterfield Township at . The headwaters rise just west of Richmond of stream distance to the north. The river's greatest depth is , although it is quite shallow for most of its length. The part of the...
  
   (Macomb County)
• Salt River
  Salt River (Michigan)
  -Macomb County:The Salt River in Macomb County empties into Anchor Bay of Lake Saint Clair in Chesterfield Township at . The headwaters rise just west of Richmond of stream distance to the north. The river's greatest depth is , although it is quite shallow for most of its length. The part of the...
  
   (Midland/Isabella counties)
• Sand River
  Sand River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Sandy Creek
  Sandy Creek (Michigan)
  Sandy Creek is an creek located entirely within Monroe County, Michigan. The creek rises in London Township in the north-central portion of the county and flows southeast into Lake Erie at Sterling State Park on the south side of Detroit Beach in Frenchtown Charter Township...
  
  
• Sante River
  Sante River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Sauk River
• Sebewaing River
  Sebewaing River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Second River
  Second River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Shakey River
  Shakey River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Shelldrake River
  Shelldrake River
  The Shelldrake River is a river in Chippewa County. It flows through Tahquamenon Falls State Park and the Lake Superior State Forest into Lake Superior....
  
  
• Shiawassee River
  Shiawassee River
  The Shiawassee River in the U.S. state of Michigan is long and generally flows in a northerly direction. It merges together with the Flint River, the Cass River and the Tittabawassee River to form the Saginaw River, which drains into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.-Description:Supporting...
  
  
• Shoepac River
  Shoepac River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Silver River
  Silver River (Baraga County)
  The Silver River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises from the outflow of Fisher Lake at and flows in an arc to the northwest and then bending to northeast before emptying into Huron Bay of Lake Superior at ....
  
   (Baraga County), drains to Lake Superior

• Silver River
  Silver River (Baraga County/Houghton County)
  The Silver River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises in Houghton County at and flows mostly northward into the Sturgeon River in Baraga County at ....
  
   (Baraga/Houghton counties), drains to Sturgeon River
• Silver River
  Silver River (Keweenaw County)
  The Silver River is a short stream near the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises out of a marsh around Bailey pond at and flows mostly northward into Lake Superior at ....
  
   (Keweenaw County), drains to Lake Superior
• Siskiwit River
  Siskiwit River
  -See also:*List of rivers of MichiganThe Siskiwit is a river in Michigan. It is situated on Isle Royal in Lake Superior.-References:*...
  
  
• Slate River (Baraga County)
• Slate River (Gogebic County)
• Snake River
  Snake River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• South Branch Little Sugar River
• Spruce River
  Spruce River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Spurr River
  Spurr River
  The Spurr River is a short stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises from the outflow of Beaufort Lake at and flows approximately three miles east-southeast into Lake Michigamme at ....
  
  
• Sturgeon River
  Sturgeon River (Delta County, Michigan)
  Sturgeon River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southward through Alger County and Delta County counties in the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Alger/Delta counties)
• Sturgeon River
  Sturgeon River (Houghton County, Michigan)
  Sturgeon River is a river in Baraga County and Houghton County counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. of the river were added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1992.-Description:...
  
   (Baraga/Houghton counties)
• Sturgeon River
  Sturgeon River (Cheboygan County, Michigan)
  Sturgeon River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through Otsego and Cheboygan counties.The Sturgeon River rises in Livingston Township, Otsego County near the city of Gaylord at . It flows into Burt Lake in the community of Indian River...
  
   (Cheboygan/Otsego counties)
• Sturgeon River (Dickinson County)
• Sucker River
  Sucker River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Sugar River
  Sugar River (Michigan)
  The Sugar River is a river in Roscommon and Gladwin counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, which flows to the Saginaw River.-References:*...
  
  
• Swan River
  Swan River (Michigan)
  The Swan River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It originates in a swamp south of Belknap and east of Hawks. It flows generally northeast, between the Trout River and Little Trout River watersheds. The river enters the small Swan Lake, just southeast of Calcite limestone quarry, before...
  
  
• Swartz Creek
  Swartz Creek
  Swartz Creek is a creek located in the Mid Michigan area in the United States. It is a tributary of the Flint River and has two branches, the East and West Branch. Its name comes from the German word Schwarz, meaning "black", as the creek water is muddy....
  
  
• Tacoosh River
  Tacoosh River
  The Tacoosh River is situated in Upper Peninsula of Michigan state, in the United States. It flows into Lake Michigan at Little Bay de Noc....
  
  
• Tahquamenon River
  Tahquamenon River
  The Tahquamenon River is a long blackwater river in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows in a generally eastward direction through the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula. It drains approximately of the Upper Peninsula, including large sections of Luce County and Chippewa County...
  
  
• Tamarack River
• Tawas River
  Tawas River
  The Tawas River is a river in Michigan, United States, flowing from Tawas Lake through Tawas City and East Tawas into Lake Huron. There is a beach perch fishery at its mouth.-External links:*...
  
  
• Thornapple River
  Thornapple River
  The Thornapple River is an tributary of Michigan's longest river, the Grand River. The Thornapple is located in western Michigan. It joins the Grand in Ada, Michigan.- Description :...
  
  

• Thunder Bay River
  Thunder Bay River
  The Thunder Bay River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains much of Alpena County and Montmorency County, and a small portion of Oscoda County, into Thunder Bay on the eastern side of northern Michigan...
  
  
• Tioga River
  Tioga River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Tittabawassee River
  Tittabawassee River
  The Tittabawassee River is a stream which flows in a generally southeasterly direction through the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at Secord Lake in Clement Township, at the confluence of the East Branch and the Middle Branch...
  
  
• Tobacco River (Keweenaw County, Michigan)
• Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River)
  Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River)
  The Tobacco River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Gladwin and Midland counties, the river rises in Beaverton at the confluence of the river's North, Middle, and South branches in Ross Lake. The river flows southeast and empties into the Tittabawassee River at the community of...
  
  
• Torch River
• Trap Rock River
  Trap Rock River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Traverse River
  Traverse River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Trout Creek
  Trout Creek (Michigan)
  Trout Creek is a tributary of Paint Creek in Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States. Via Paint Creek and the Clinton River, it is a tributary of Lake St. Clair....
  
  
• Trout River
  Trout River (Michigan)
  The Trout River is an river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It flows into Lake Huron at Rogers City.-References:*...
  
  
• Two Hearted River
  Two Hearted River
  The Two Hearted River is a short river, approximately 25 mi long in northern Michigan in the United States. It drains a forested wilderness area of the eastern Upper Peninsula into Lake Superior. It rises in several short branches in northeastern Luce County approximately 15 mi southeast of Grand...
  
  
• Union River
  Union River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Upper Millecoquins River
  Millecoquins River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Vermilac River
  Vermilac River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Waiska River
  Waiska River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Walker Creek
  Walker Creek (Michigan)
  Walker Creek, also known as the Walker River, is a stream in Isabella County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a trout stream; the main trout species is the brook trout. The river also supports a small population of suckers. The stream is fairly small and of variable depth. Its shore is...
  
  
• Walton River
  Walton River
  -References:*...
  
  
• West Branch St. Joseph River
  St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
  The St. Joseph River is an tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. It shares its name with the St...
  
  
• West Sleeping River
  West Sleeping River
  -References:*...
  
  
• White River (Huron County)
• White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties)
• 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...
  
  
• Yellow Dog River
  Yellow Dog River
  The Yellow Dog River flows through Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is approximately 51 miles in length, with about 85 miles of tributaries. The main branch begins at the outflow from Bulldog Lake in the Ottawa National Forest on the boundary between...
  
  

Lake Erie

Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...

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• Maumee River (OH)
  • Tiffin River (OH)
    • Bean Creek
      Tiffin River
      The Tiffin River is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. Headwater tributaries of the river rise in southeastern Michigan. The river drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. Early French traders called the river Crique Féve,...
      
      
  • St. Joseph River (OH)
    • East Branch Saint Joseph River
      St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
      The St. Joseph River is an tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. It shares its name with the St...
      
      
    • West Branch Saint Joseph River
      St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
      The St. Joseph River is an tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie. It shares its name with the St...
      
      
• Ottawa River
  Ottawa River (Lake Erie)
  The Ottawa River, also known as Ottawa Creek, is a short river, approximately long , in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan in the United States. It drains an area on the Ohio-Michigan border along the eastern and northern fringes of the city of Toledo, goes through Ottawa Hills, and empties...
  
  
• Little Lake Creek
  • Flat Creek
    • North River
      North River (Michigan)
      The North River is a stream in Bedford Township in southeastern Michigan, the United States. It is a tributary of Flat Creek, which flows northeast to Little Lake Creek, a tributary of Lake Erie.-References:*...
      
      
• River Raisin
  River Raisin
  The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost , draining an area of in the Michigan counties of Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw,...
  
  
  • Saline River
    Saline River (Michigan)
    The Saline River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. A tributary of the River Raisin, it originates in Washtenaw County; flows through the cities of Saline and Milan, where it enters Monroe County; then joins the River Raisin at the village of Dundee...
    
    
  • Little River Raisin
    Little River Raisin
    The Little River Raisin is a tributary of the River Raisin in southeastern Michigan in the United States.-References:*...
    
    
  • Goose Creek
    Goose Creek (River Raisin)
    Goose Creek is a small stream in Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the River Raisin. The headwaters form in Somerset Township in northeast Hillsdale County flowing northeast to join the River Raisin just north of the village of Brooklyn. ...
    
    
• Sandy Creek
  Sandy Creek (Michigan)
  Sandy Creek is an creek located entirely within Monroe County, Michigan. The creek rises in London Township in the north-central portion of the county and flows southeast into Lake Erie at Sterling State Park on the south side of Detroit Beach in Frenchtown Charter Township...
  
  
• Huron River
  Huron River (Michigan)
  The Huron River is a river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Indian Springs Metropark in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie on the boundary between Wayne County and Monroe County...
  
   (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties)
  • Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties)
• Detroit River
  Detroit River
  The Detroit River is a strait in the Great Lakes system. The name comes from the French Rivière du Détroit, which translates literally as "River of the Strait". The Detroit River has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The river...
  
  
  • Ecorse River
    Ecorse River
    The Ecorse River is an river in southern Michigan. Because of its small size, it is often identified as Ecorse Creek. It flows through the Downriver section of Metro Detroit, and is a tributary of the Detroit River. The early French settlers named it the Rivière aux Écorces, meaning the "bark...
    
    
  • River Rouge
    River Rouge (Michigan)
    The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit....
    
     or Rouge River

Lake St. Clair

Lake Saint Clair (North America)

Lake St. Clair is a fresh-water lake named after Clare of Assisi that lies between the Province of Ontario and the State of Michigan, and its midline also forms the boundary between Canada and the United States of America. Lake St. Clair includes the Anchor Bay along the Metro Detroit coastline...

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• Milk River
  Milk River (Michigan)
  The Milk River is a stream in Wayne County and Macomb County, Michigan, flowing into Lake St. Clair. It flows through the cities of Grosse Pointe Woods and St. Clair Shores.-References:*...
  
  
• Clinton River
  • Paint Creek
    Paint Creek (Michigan)
    Paint Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in northern Oakland County and rising in Brandon Township in the northern part of the county. The creek drains through a series of lakes that lead into Lake Orion. Paint Creek continues as the outflow from the east end of Lake Orion in...
    
    
    • Trout Creek
      Trout Creek (Michigan)
      Trout Creek is a tributary of Paint Creek in Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States. Via Paint Creek and the Clinton River, it is a tributary of Lake St. Clair....
      
      
• Salt River
  Salt River (Michigan)
  -Macomb County:The Salt River in Macomb County empties into Anchor Bay of Lake Saint Clair in Chesterfield Township at . The headwaters rise just west of Richmond of stream distance to the north. The river's greatest depth is , although it is quite shallow for most of its length. The part of the...
  
   (Macomb County)
• Saint Clair River
  • Belle River
    Belle River (Michigan)
    The Belle River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing into the St. Clair River in Marine City at .The North Branch Belle River rises out of Long Lake at in section 22 of Attica Township in southeast Lapeer County. Long Lake is fed by the Long Lake Drain which drains marshy areas to...
    
    
  • Pine River (St. Clair County)
  • Black River
    Black River (St. Clair County)
    Black River is an river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing into the St. Clair River at in the city of Port Huron. The Black River Canal in northern Port Huron extends east into Lake Huron near Krafft Road....
    
     (Sanilac/St. Clair counties)

The Thumb

The Thumb

The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten; thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten. The Thumb is generally considered to be in the Mid-Michigan area of the state, located east of Flint/Tri-Cities...

 

• White River (Huron County, Michigan)
• New River
  New River (Michigan)
  The New River is a river in Huron County, Michigan. It flows north into Lake Huron, reaching the lake just west of Huron City.-References:*...
  
  
• Pinnebog River
  Pinnebog River
  The Pinnebog River is a river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Huron on the west side of the "tip" of the "thumb"....
  
  
• Pigeon River
  Pigeon River (Lake Huron)
  The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains at , in southern Sheridan Township...
  
   (Huron County)
  • Little Pigeon River (Huron County)

Saginaw Bay

Saginaw Bay

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 in area...

 

• Sebewaing River
  Sebewaing River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Quanicassee River
  Quanicassee River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Saginaw River
  Saginaw River
  The Saginaw River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee rivers southwest of Saginaw. It flows northward into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron just northeast of Bay City. The watershed area is .The river is an important shipping...
  
  
  • Shiawassee River
    Shiawassee River
    The Shiawassee River in the U.S. state of Michigan is long and generally flows in a northerly direction. It merges together with the Flint River, the Cass River and the Tittabawassee River to form the Saginaw River, which drains into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.-Description:Supporting...
    
    
    • Cass River
      Cass River
      The Cass River is a river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains large portions of Sanilac and Tuscola counties and smaller portions of Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, and Saginaw counties....
      
      
    • Flint River
      Flint River (Michigan)
      The Flint River is a river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States. It flows through the city of Flint and the counties of Genesee, Lapeer and Saginaw.- Course :...
      
      
      • Swartz Creek
        Swartz Creek
        Swartz Creek is a creek located in the Mid Michigan area in the United States. It is a tributary of the Flint River and has two branches, the East and West Branch. Its name comes from the German word Schwarz, meaning "black", as the creek water is muddy....
        
        
    • Bad River
      Bad River (Michigan)
      The Bad River is a river in Michigan. It rises in Gratiot County and empties into the Shiawassee River in Saginaw County....
      
      
  • Tittabawassee River
    Tittabawassee River
    The Tittabawassee River is a stream which flows in a generally southeasterly direction through the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at Secord Lake in Clement Township, at the confluence of the East Branch and the Middle Branch...
    
    
    • Chippewa River
      Chippewa River (Michigan)
      The Chippewa River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs through the central Lower Peninsula. The Chippewa is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River and is thus part of the Saginaw River drainage basin...
      
      
      • Pine River
        Pine River (Chippewa River)
        The Pine River is a river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Pine River is a tributary of the Chippewa River and is thus part of the Saginaw River drainage basin....
        
         (Bay/Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties)
      • Coldwater River (Isabella County)
        Coldwater River (Isabella County)
        Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Isabella County, the river rises as the outflow of Littlefield Lake in western Gilmore Township...
        
        
        • Walker Creek
          Walker Creek (Michigan)
          Walker Creek, also known as the Walker River, is a stream in Isabella County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a trout stream; the main trout species is the brook trout. The river also supports a small population of suckers. The stream is fairly small and of variable depth. Its shore is...
          
          
    • Salt River
      Salt River (Michigan)
      -Macomb County:The Salt River in Macomb County empties into Anchor Bay of Lake Saint Clair in Chesterfield Township at . The headwaters rise just west of Richmond of stream distance to the north. The river's greatest depth is , although it is quite shallow for most of its length. The part of the...
      
       (Midland/Isabella counties)
    • Tobacco River
      Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River)
      The Tobacco River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Gladwin and Midland counties, the river rises in Beaverton at the confluence of the river's North, Middle, and South branches in Ross Lake. The river flows southeast and empties into the Tittabawassee River at the community of...
      
      
      • Little Cedar River
        Little Cedar River (Tobacco River)
        Little Cedar River is an river in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Cedar rises in Buckeye Township at , and flows primarily south into the Tobacco River at ....
        
         (Gladwin County)
      • Cedar River
        Cedar River (Gladwin County, Michigan)
        The Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing though Clare County and Gladwin County.The main branch of the river is formed by the confluence of Cranberry Creek and the West Branch Cedar River at in Hamilton Township, Clare County...
        
         (Clare/Gladwin counties)
    • Molasses River
      Molasses River
      The Molasses River is a river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, part of the Saginaw River watershed.-References:*...
      
      
      • Little Molasses River
        Little Molasses River
        The Little Molasses River is an river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Molasses River, which flows to the Tittabawassee River and is part of the Saginaw River watershed.-References:*...
        
        
    • Little Tobacco River
      Little Tobacco River
      The Little Tobacco River is a river in Gladwin County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, which flows to the Saginaw River.-References:*...
      
      
    • Sugar River
      Sugar River (Michigan)
      The Sugar River is a river in Roscommon and Gladwin counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River, which flows to the Saginaw River.-References:*...
      
      
      • South Branch Little Sugar River
• Kawkawlin River
  Kawkawlin River
  The Kawkawlin River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron at , approximately west of the mouth of the Saginaw River....
  
  
• Pinconning River
  Pinconning River
  The Pinconning River is a river in Bay County, Michigan, in the United States. It flows into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.-References:*...
  
  
• Saganing River
  Saganing River
  The Saganing River, also known as Saganing Creek, is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises from the confluence of Saganing Creek and Budd Drain in the northwest corner of Pinconning Township just south of the Arenac County/Bay County boundary at and flows in a gentle arc to the...
  
  
• Pine River (Arenac County, Michigan)
• Rifle River
  Rifle River
  Rifle River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northeastern Ogemaw County and flows through Arenac County to enter Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. Once a logging river during the Michigan forestry boom at the turn of the 20th century, the river is now primarily used for recreation,...
  
  
• Au Gres River
  Au Gres River
  The Au Gres River is a river in Michigan. Its mouth is at Lake Huron in the city of Au Gres, Michigan. It flows through Arenac, Iosco and Ogemaw counties. It formerly had an eastern branch, which was severed from the parent river and rerouted along the Whitney Drain to Lake Huron north of Au Gres....
  
  
• Tawas River
  Tawas River
  The Tawas River is a river in Michigan, United States, flowing from Tawas Lake through Tawas City and East Tawas into Lake Huron. There is a beach perch fishery at its mouth.-External links:*...
  
  

Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Lower Peninsula of Michigan

The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is the southern of the two major landmasses of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Ohio and Indiana. Geographically, the Lower Peninsula has a recognizable shape that many people...

 

• Au Sable River
  Au Sable River (Michigan)
  The Au Sable River in Michigan runs approximately through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the towns of Grayling and Mio, and enters Lake Huron at Oscoda. It is considered one of the best brown trout fisheries east of the Rockies and has been designated a blue ribbon trout stream by the...
  
  
  • Pine River (Alcona County, Michigan)
• Black River (Alcona County)
  Black River (Alcona County)
  Black River is a river in Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The main branch rises in northern Harrisville Township at and flows north through Haynes Township and Alcona Township and empties into Lake Huron at at the unincorporated community of Black River.The north branch rises in...
  
  
• Devils River
  Devils River (Michigan)
  Devils River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Alpena County south of the city of Alpena.The mouth is on Thunder Bay of Lake Huron at near the small community of Ossineke in Sanborn Township. The north branch rises as the outflow of Devils Lake a few mile...
  
  
• Thunder Bay River
  Thunder Bay River
  The Thunder Bay River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains much of Alpena County and Montmorency County, and a small portion of Oscoda County, into Thunder Bay on the eastern side of northern Michigan...
  
  
• Bell River
  Bell River (Michigan)
  Bell River is a short river in Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Less than long, Bell River is entirely within Presque Isle Township and flows from an unnamed lake into False Presque Isle Harbor at ....
  
  
• Little Trout River
  Little Trout River
  The Little Trout River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Huron.-References:*...
  
  
• Swan River
  Swan River (Michigan)
  The Swan River is a river in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It originates in a swamp south of Belknap and east of Hawks. It flows generally northeast, between the Trout River and Little Trout River watersheds. The river enters the small Swan Lake, just southeast of Calcite limestone quarry, before...
  
  
• Trout River
  Trout River (Michigan)
  The Trout River is an river in Presque Isle County, Michigan, in the United States. It flows into Lake Huron at Rogers City.-References:*...
  
  
• Ocqueoc River
  Ocqueoc River
  The Ocqueoc River is stream in Presque Isle County in the northeastern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is long and encompasses a watershed of approximately ....
  
  
  • Little Ocqueoc River
• Black Mallard River
  Black Mallard River
  The Black Mallard River, also known as Carp Creek, is a short river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately long and flows into Lake Huron about east of Cheboygan at ....
  
  
• 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...
  
  , mouth at Cheboygan in Cheboygan County
  • Black River
    Black River (Cheboygan County)
    Black River is a 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 , just south of the city of Cheboygan...
    
     (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties)
    • 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...
      
      
      • 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:*...
        
        
    • Canada Creek
  • Mullett Lake
    Mullett Lake
    Mullett Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is named after John Mullett, who, together with William A. Burt, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843. A neighboring lake was named after Burt. Historically, Mullett Lake has been recorded as Mullet...
    
    
    • Little Pigeon River
      Little Pigeon River (Mullett Lake)
      The Little Pigeon River is a stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises in Koehler Township at , out of a marshy area fed by Kimberly Creek approximately one mile north of the community of Afton....
      
       (Cheboygan County), empties directly into Mullett Lake
    • Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties)
      • Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County)
        Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County)
        The Little Pigeon River is a stream in Otsego and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises from the outflow of Mud Lake in northern Corwith Township, Otesgeo County at , It flows north and east to empty into the Pigeon River at in the southeastern corner of Walker Township...
        
        
    • Indian River
      Indian River (Mullett Lake)
      Indian River in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is a short waterway in Cheboygan County that flows from Burt Lake at to Mullett Lake at...
      
       (Cheboygan County)
      • Sturgeon River
        Sturgeon River (Cheboygan County, Michigan)
        Sturgeon River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through Otsego and Cheboygan counties.The Sturgeon River rises in Livingston Township, Otsego County near the city of Gaylord at . It flows into Burt Lake in the community of Indian River...
        
         (Cheboygan/Otsego counties)
        • Little Sturgeon River
          Little Sturgeon River
          -References:*...
          
          
      • Burt Lake
        Burt Lake
        Burt Lake is a 17,120 acre lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County...
        
        
        • Crooked River
          Crooked River (Michigan)
          The Crooked River is a river in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is short stream, less than long, flowing northeast from Crooked Lake at near Alanson into Burt Lake at . It forms part of the Inland Waterway of Michigan....
          
          
        • Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties)
        • Little Carp River (Cheboygan County)
          Little Carp River (Cheboygan County)
          The Little Carp River is a short stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The river begins in Munro Township at , just south of Douglas Lake, and flows south into Burt Township and empties into Burt Lake at . The river is also known as "Carp Creek" and "Carp River"....
          
          
• Little Black River (Cheboygan County)
  Little Black River (Cheboygan County)
  The Little Black River is a stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Beaugrand Township at and flows eastward into Lake Huron in the city of Cheboygan at , less than a mile west of the mouth of the Cheboygan River....
  
  

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...

 

• Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties)
• Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties)
• Potagannissing River
  Potagannissing River
  -References:*...
  
   (Drummond Island)
• Saint Mary's River
  • Gogomain River
    Gogomain River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Munuscong River
    Munuscong River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Little Munuscong River
    Little Munuscong River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Charlotte River
    Charlotte River
    The Charlotte River is a river in Michigan.-References:*...
    
    
  • Waiska River
    Waiska River
    -References:*...
    
    

Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan

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

 

• Carp Lake River
  Carp Lake River
  The Carp Lake River is a river in Emmet County, Michigan.The Carp Lake River is one of only five locations in the world where the critically endangered Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle has been found...
  
  
• Bear River
  Bear River (Michigan)
  Bear River is a small clear slow moving river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Little Traverse Bay in the northwest of the lower peninsula. The river is formed as the outflow of Walloon Lake on the boundary between Charlevoix County and Emmet County, draining from the...
  
  
• Pine River (Charlevoix County, Michigan)
  • Lake Charlevoix
    Lake Charlevoix
    Lake Charlevoix is a lake in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the third largest lake in the state with a surface area of over 17,200 acres and 56 miles of shoreline...
    
    
    • Jordan River
      Jordan River (Michigan)
      The Jordan River is a stream in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Lake Charlevoix. The Jordan's headwaters rise from springs in the upper Jordan River Valley northwest of Mancelona in Antrim County...
      
      
      • Green River
    • Boyne River
      Boyne River (Michigan)
      Boyne River is a stream in Northern Michigan, named for the River Boyne in Leinster, Ireland. Together with the north and south branches, the river system has approximately of mainstream and the water basin drains...
      
      
• Grand Traverse Bay
  • Elk River
    Elk River (Michigan)
    The Elk River is a very short but significant river in the Lake Michigan drainage basin of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is only 1.5 miles in length, and flows from Elk Lake into Grand Traverse Bay. It forms a waterway and harbor for the municipality of Elk Rapids.Elk Lake is 192 feet deep and...
    
    
    • Elk Lake
      Elk Lake (Michigan)
      Elk Lake is located in Antrim and Grand Traverse counties in Northern Michigan. The lake is about a mile and a half wide and nine miles long, and is centered at near the town of Elk Rapids. It has maximum depth of , making it Michigan's second deepest after Torch Lake...
      
      
      • Torch River
        • Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan)
          Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan)
          Rapid River is a river in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river empties into Torch River at the community of Torch River just south of Torch Lake....
          
          
          • Little Rapid River
        • Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan)
          Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan)
          Torch Lake at long is Michigan's longest inland lake and at approximately 18,770 acres is Michigan's second largest inland lake. National Geographic rated it the third most beautiful lake in the world. An average property on Torch Lake costs approximately two million dollars...
          
          
          • Clam Lake
            • Grass River
              Grass River (Michigan)
              The Grass River is a short river in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of a watershed that begins in northern Antrim County with Intermediate Lake, which is connected by the Intermediate River with Lake Bellaire. The Grass River flows from Lake Bellaire into Clam Lake, which...
              
              
              • Lake Bellaire
                • Intermediate River
                  • Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan)
                    Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan)
                    Cedar River is a stream in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed.The Cedar River rises in southwest Chestonia Township at and flows mostly to the west into the Intermediate River in Bellaire at ....
                    
                    
                  • Intermediate Lake
                    • Green River
                      • Sixmile Lake
                        Sixmile Lake
                        Sixmile Lake may refer to several lakes:*Sixmile Lake *Sixmile Lake *Sixmile Lake *Sixmile Lake *Sixmile Lake -References:*...
                        
                         and other lakes
                        • Dingman River
                          Dingman River
                          -References:*...
                          
                          
                          • Intermediate River
  • Boardman River
    Boardman River
    The Boardman River flows into the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan. The Boardman's upper tributaries rise near Kalkaska, Michigan, and its watershed drains an area of through of river and tributaries. The Boardman River is considered one of the top ten trout streams in...
    
    
• Crystal River
  Crystal River (Michigan)
  The Crystal River is located in the southwest section of Leelanau County in Northern Michigan's Lower Peninsula, flowing from Glen Lake through sections of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore into Lake Michigan just north of the small town of Glen Arbor...
  
  
• Platte River
  Platte River (Michigan)
  The Platte River is a short river in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Its mouth is located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and much of the rest is in the Pere Marquette State Forest....
  
  
• Betsie River
  Betsie River
  The Betsie River is a stream in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The name is derived from the French Riviere Aux Bec Scies, meaning river of sawbill ducks . Other alternate names include Aug-sig-o-sebe, Aux Buscies, Betsey's River, Black Robe, Gay-she-say-ing, Riviere du Pere...
  
  
  • Little Betsie River
• Manistee River
  Manistee River
  The Manistee River in the U.S. state of Michigan, runs approximately 232 miles through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the villages of Sharon, Smithville, Mesick, and enters Lake Michigan at Manistee. It is considered, like the nearby Au Sable River, to be one of the best trout fisheries east...
  
  
  • Manistee Lake
    Manistee Lake
    -References:*...
    
    
    • Little Manistee River
      Little Manistee River
      -References:*...
      
      
  • Pine River
    Pine River (Manistee River)
    The Pine River, formerly known as the South Branch Manistee River, rises in southeast Wexford County, Michigan, flows southwest across northwest Osceola County, then west and north through the northeast corner of Lake County and back into southwest Wexford County, emptying into the Tippy Dam Pond...
    
     (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River

• Big Sable River
  Big Sable River
  The Big Sable River is a river in Michigan. It originates in Lake County in the chain of lakes known as Sauble Lakes and flows across Lake and Mason Counties. It is dammed to form Hamlin Lake, and below the dam continues through Ludington State Park to empty into Lake Michigan. It is not navigable...
  
  
• Lincoln River
  Lincoln River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Leland River
  Leland River
  The Leland River is a short river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in the unincorporated community of Leland, the river is about one-mile long and connects Lake Leelanau with Lake Michigan, winding past historic Fishtown, a dam and two restaurants. The dam was built in 1854 and it raised...
  
  , also called the Carp River
• Pere Marquette River
  Pere Marquette River
  The Pere Marquette River is a river in the State of Michigan. The main stream of this river is about long, running from Lake County, Michigan just west of Reed City into the Pere Marquette Lake, and from there into Lake Michigan....
  
  
  • Big South Branch Pere Marquette River
    • Ruby Creek
  • Baldwin River
    Baldwin River (Michigan)
    The Baldwin River is a stream in U.S. state of Michigan.The river rises out of Wide Waters on the southern edge of the Baldwin Luther Swamp in Newkirk Township, Lake County at...
    
    
• Pentwater River
  Pentwater River
  -References:*...
  
   (Oceana County)

West Michigan 

• White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties)
• Muskegon River
  Muskegon River
  The Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river has its headwaters in Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. From there it flows mostly southwest to Muskegon, Michigan,...
  
  
  • Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties)
  • Little Muskegon River
    Little Muskegon River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Hersey River
    Hersey River
    The Hersey River is a stream in the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Lincoln Township in northwest Osceola County at the junction of Hersey Creek and the East Branch Hersey Creek at . For approximately the first two miles, the river flows southward just east of U.S. Route...
    
    
  • Middle Branch River
    Middle Branch River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Clam River
    Clam River (Michigan)
    -References:*...
    
    

• Grand River
  Grand River (Michigan)
  The Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through the cities of Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...
  
  
  • Bass River
    Bass River (Michigan)
    The Bass River is a stream in Ottawa County, Michigan. It flows into the Grand River....
    
    
  • Buck Creek
    Buck Creek (Kent County, Michigan)
    Buck Creek is a tributary of the Grand River in Kent and Allegan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northern Allegan County in Byron and Gaines townships, and flows through the cities of Kentwood and Wyoming as an urban stream to enter the Grand River in Grandville.-Watershed:The...
    
    
  • Plaster Creek
    Plaster Creek
    Plaster Creek is a urban stream in Kent County, Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The stream is named for the large deposit of gypsum found at its mouth...
    
    
  • Coldbrook Creek
    Coldbrook Creek (Michigan)
    Coldbrook Creek is an urban stream in Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan. Its origin is the outflow of Fisk Lake on the John W. Blodgett Estate, and the stream eventually drains to the Grand River...
    
    
  • Rogue River
    Rogue River (Michigan)
    The Rogue River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is long and has a drainage basin of ....
    
    
  • Thornapple River
    Thornapple River
    The Thornapple River is an tributary of Michigan's longest river, the Grand River. The Thornapple is located in western Michigan. It joins the Grand in Ada, Michigan.- Description :...
    
    
    • Coldwater River
      Coldwater River (Western Michigan)
      Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in western Michigan, the river is a part of the Grand River drainage basin....
      
       (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties)
      • Little Thornapple River
        Little Thornapple River (Coldwater River)
        Little Thornapple River is a river in Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Thornapple rises from the outflow of Jordan Lake in north-central Woodland Township at ....
        
        , in Barry County
    • Little Thornapple River (Eaton County)
      Little Thornapple River (Eaton County)
      Little Thornapple River is a river in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Thornapple rises in central Carmel Township at , approximately from downtown Charlotte.There are few named tributaries...
      
      
  • Flat River
    Flat River (Michigan)
    The Flat River is a tributary of the Grand River in the western part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises as the outflow of the six lakes system in Belvidere Township, west of Edmore in Montcalm County. It flows mostly south and slightly west through Montcalm County, Ionia County, and Kent...
    
    
  • Maple River
    Maple River (Grand River)
    The Maple River is a tributary of the Grand River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee County south of the city of Owosso. It flows west through Clinton, Gratiot and Ionia counties, flowing into the Grand River at Muir...
    
     (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties)
    • Pine Creek, some portions called Newark and Arcadia Drain
      • River Styx
        River Styx (Michigan)
        The River Styx is an tributary of Pine Creek in Gratiot County, Michigan, in the United States. Its water flows via Pine Creek, the Maple River, and the Grand River to Lake Michigan.-References:*...
        
         (Montcalm County)
    • Little Maple River
      Little Maple River
      The Little Maple River is a tributary of the Maple River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Victor Township, Clinton County at the outlet of Cedar Lake. It flows through Sleepy Hollow State Park which surrounds Lake Ovid. Lake Ovid was created by...
      
      
  • Looking Glass River
    Looking Glass River
    The Looking Glass River in the U.S. state of Michigan is a river flowing through the central region of the Lower Peninsula. It is about long, has no dams, and borders many wetlands and woodlots....
    
    
  • Red Cedar River
    Red Cedar River (Michigan)
    The Red Cedar River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Grand River in Michigan. Its source is Cedar Lake which is located in Marion Township in the southeastern corner of Livingston County, and it runs about through Okemos, East Lansing, including the campus of Michigan State University, and...
    
    
  • Portage River
    Portage River (Jackson County, Michigan)
    The Portage River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County.The Portage River rises at approximately in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation Area. The river flows mostly southwest into the Grand River at in Blackman...
    
     (Jackson/Washtenaw counties)
• Pigeon River (Ottawa County)
• Lake Macatawa
  Lake Macatawa
  Lake Macatawa is a lake in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is about long with a maximum width of and a surface area of 1,700 acres The average depth of the lake is variable but generally less than , excluding a navigation channel of fixed depth that crosses the lake to...
  
  
  • Macatawa River
    Macatawa River
    The Macatawa River, also known as the Black River, is located in the lower part of Ottawa County, Michigan, which drains into Lake Macatawa and eventually into Lake Michigan. The main stream is long....
    
    
• Kalamazoo River
  Kalamazoo River
  The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch...
  
  
  • Rabbit River
    Rabbit River
    The Rabbit River is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River within Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river's watershed covers of land and drains most of north-central and northeast Allegan County as well as small portions of Barry, Kent and Ottawa counties.The river rises in farmland...
    
    
    • Little Rabbit River
  • Gun River
    Gun River
    The Gun River is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Gun Lake at the border between Allegan and Barry counties and flows southwest through Allegan County to its mouth at the Kalamazoo River just east of Otsego.-References:*...
    
    
  • Battle Creek River
    Battle Creek River
    The Battle Creek River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan....
    
    
• Black River
  Black River (Southwest Michigan)
  Black River is a river in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan that empties into Lake Michigan in South Haven at , where it discharges past the South Pier Lighthouse. The river takes its name from the dark brown color of its water, which is caused by suspended sediments and organic...
  
   (Allegan/Van Buren counties)
• St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
  St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
  The St. Joseph River is a river, approximately long, in southern Michigan and northern Indiana in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Michigan...
  
  
  • Paw Paw River
    Paw Paw River
    The Paw Paw River is located in the U.S. state of Michigan in the southwest portion of the lower peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of the north and south branches at in Waverly Township in the northeast of Van Buren County. It flows approximately through Van Buren County and Berrien...
    
    
  • Dowagiac River
    Dowagiac River
    The Dowagiac River is a stream in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The stream rises as the "Dowagiac Drain" a few miles east of Decatur in central Decatur Township in southern Van Buren County, Michigan...
    
    
  • Pigeon River (St. Joseph County)
  • Fawn River
    Fawn River (Michigan)
    The Fawn River is a river in southwest Michigan and northeast Indiana in the United States. It flows into the St. Joseph River at in the city of Constantine, Michigan. The headwaters rise in a series of lakes and marshes in northern Steuben County, Indiana near Pokagon State Park, where it is...
    
    
    • Little Fawn River
  • Prairie River
    Prairie River (Michigan)
    The Prairie River is a small river that flows through Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The river rises at in northern Kinderhook Township in Branch County, and flows west-northwest into the St...
    
    
  • Rocky River
    Rocky River (Michigan)
    The Rocky River is a stream located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into the St. Joseph River at in the city of Three Rivers in St. Joseph County. The Rocky River, along with the St...
    
    
  • Portage River
    Portage River (St. Joseph County)
    Portage River is a river that flows southward through Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan. Its headwaters are east of the city of Kalamazoo at Portage Lake, and the river flows southwest to its mouth within the city limits of Three Rivers, where it drains into the St...
    
     (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties)
  • Nottawa Creek
    Nottawa Creek
    Nottawa Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into the St. Joseph River at , approximately three miles east of the village of Mendon....
    
     (also known as Nottawa River)
  • Coldwater River (Branch County)
    Coldwater River (Branch County)
    Coldwater River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Branch County, the river rises in Ovid Township at as the outflow of Coldwater Lake. Flowing north and west, it is joined by the outflow from the Lake of the Woods and continus north for several miles...
    
    
    • Sauk River
• Galien River
  Galien River
  The Galien River is a stream in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at the outlet of Dayton Lake and flows in a predominantly westerly direction until it enters southeastern Lake Michigan at New Buffalo...
  
  
  • South Branch Galien River
    • Galena River
      Galena River (Indiana)
      The Galena River is an stream in northern Indiana in the United States. It rises in the northeast corner of Springfield Township, about north of LaPorte in LaPorte County and flows northeast. Just after it cross the state boundary into Three Oaks Township in Berrien County, Michigan, it is...
      
      

Green Bay 

• Menominee River
  Menominee River
  The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 118 mi , draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan...
  
  
  • Little Cedar River
    Little Cedar River (Menominee River)
    Little Cedar River is a river in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Cedar rises in Meyer Township at , approximately northwest of Hermansville...
    
    
  • Shakey River
    Shakey River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Sturgeon River (Dickinson County, Michigan)
  • Brule River
    Brule River
    Brule River is a river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin, and nearly the entire course forms a portion of the boundary between the two states.The Brule begins at Brule Lake, just inside the Michigan border, at...
    
    
    • Paint River
      Paint River
      Paint River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is a tributary of the Brule River and flows through Gogebic and Iron counties.The Paint River flows through Crystal Falls, Michigan and empties into the Brule River before its confluence with the Michigamme River...
      
      
      • Hemlock River
        Hemlock River
        -References:*...
        
        
        • Little Hemlock River
          Little Hemlock River
          -References:*...
          
          
      • Net River
        Net River
        The Net River is a river that starts in Baraga County and travels through Iron County Michigan and flows into the Paint River above Crystal Falls.-References:*...
        
        
    • Iron River (Iron County, Michigan)
      Iron River (Iron County, Michigan)
      The Iron River is a river in Iron County that flows from north to south through Iron River, Michigan to the Brule River....
      
      
  • Michigamme River
    Michigamme River
    The Michigamme River flows from Lake Michigamme in Marquette County, through Dickinson County, Michigamme Reservoir, Peavy Pond and Michigamme Lake in Iron County to the confluence of the Brule River where the Menominee River starts which can be viewed from the dam on Michigamme Lake...
    
    
    • Kelso River
      Kelso River
      -See also:*List of rivers of Minnesota-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota...
      
      
    • Deer River
      Deer River (Michigan)
      Deer River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in northeast Iron County and flows south for approximately twelve miles before merging into the western arm of the Michigamme Reservoir....
      
      
    • Fence River
      Fence River
      The Fence River is a river in Iron County, Michigan that flows into the Michigamme River via Michigamme Reservoir.-References:*...
      
      
      • Mitchigan River
        Mitchigan River
        Mitchigan River is a small stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flows into the Fence River at in northeast Iron County in Mansfield Township. The Fence River is a tributary of the Michigamme River, which is itself a tributary the Menominee River. The Mitchigan River has...
        
        
    • Spruce River
      Spruce River
      -References:*...
      
      
    • Peshekee River
      Peshekee River
      -References:*...
      
      
    • Spurr River
      Spurr River
      The Spurr River is a short stream in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises from the outflow of Beaufort Lake at and flows approximately three miles east-southeast into Lake Michigamme at ....
      
      
• Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
  Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
  Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, that rises in the northern part of Menominee County at and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay at in the community of Cedar River....
  
  
  • Walton River
    Walton River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Bark River
  Bark River (Michigan)
  Bark River is a river in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately 17 miles long and flows into Green Bay on Lake Michigan in Ford River Township about 15 miles southwest of Escanaba at ....
  
  
• Ford River
  Ford River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  

Little Bay de Noc

• Escanaba River
  Escanaba River
  The Escanaba River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.In his poem The Song of Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow describes how Hiawatha "crossed the rushing Esconaba". It is a wide river that cuts into limestone beds...
  
  
  • Middle Branch Escanaba River
    • Black River (Marquette County)
      Black River (Marquette County)
      Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into the Middle Branch Escanaba River in Ely Township of Marquette County at ....
      
      
    • Second River
      Second River (Michigan)
      -References:*...
      
      
  • East Branch Escanaba River
• Days River
  Days River
  The Days River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is a narrow river that is rocky, scenic and supports brook, steelhead trout, rainbow trout and smelt in the spring. The river runs south to its mouth on Little Bay De Noc on Lake Michigan at , near Masonville...
  
  
• Tacoosh River
  Tacoosh River
  The Tacoosh River is situated in Upper Peninsula of Michigan state, in the United States. It flows into Lake Michigan at Little Bay de Noc....
  
  
• Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties)
• 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...
  
  

Big Bay de Noc

• Big River
  Big River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little River
  Little River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Ogontz River
  Ogontz River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Sturgeon River
  Sturgeon River (Delta County, Michigan)
  Sturgeon River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southward through Alger County and Delta County counties in the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Alger/Delta counties)
• Fishdam River
  Fishdam River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Fishdam River
  Little Fishdam River
  -References:*...
  
  

Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula

• Manistique River
  Manistique River
  The Manistique River is a 67-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Michigan that winds southward through the central Upper Peninsula from its headwaters near Lake Superior to its mouth in Lake Michigan. It drains approximately of the Upper Peninsula, including most of Schoolcraft County and small...
  
  
  • Indian River
    Indian River (Mantistique River)
    Indian River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan rises out of Hovey Lake at on Hiawatha National Forest land in Alger County and flows south and east through a lake district and on through Schoolcraft County. The river flows into the 8,659 acre Indian Lake at and flows out at...
    
     (Alger/Schoolcraft counties)
    • Little Indian River
      Little Indian River (Michigan)
      The Little Indian River is a river in the upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in a small lake on Hiawatha National Park land in Alger County, Michigan at , flows through a lake district, then on through Schoolcraft County, and into the Indian River at .Most of its course roughly...
      
      
  • West Branch Manistique River
    • Creighton River
      Creighton River
      -References:*...
      
      
  • Driggs River
    Driggs River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Fox River
    Fox River (Michigan)
    The Fox River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In 1919 Ernest Hemingway spent time fishing the Fox after his return from Europe, where he had been hospitalized after injury in World War I. That fishing expedition formed the basis of his early short-story "Big Two-Hearted...
    
    
    • East Branch Manistique River
    • Little Fox River
      Little Fox River
      -References:*...
      
      
  • Manistique Lake
    Manistique Lake
    Manistique Lake, locally called Big Manistique Lake to distinguish it from the other lakes in the Manistique Lakes system, is a lake in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Approximately long and wide, it is one of the largest lakes in the Upper Peninsula...
    
    
    • Shoepac River
      Shoepac River
      -References:*...
      
      
• Milakokia River
  Milakokia River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Cataract River
  Cataract River (Michigan)
  The Cataract River is a short river in Newton Township, Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The river rises from Mud Lake at in southern Newton Township...
  
  
• Crow River
  Crow River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Rock River
  Rock River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Lower Millecoquins River
  Milecoquins River
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Upper Millecoquins River
    Millecoquins River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Black River (Mackinac County)
  Black River (Mackinac County)
  Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Michigan at , approximately east of Naubinway....
  
  
• Cut River
  Cut River
  Cut River is a small, short river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The 4-mile river runs along the boundary between Hendricks Township and Moran Township, with the mouth on Lake Michigan about two miles east of Epoufette and about four miles west of Brevort.It drains part of...
  
  
• Brevoort River
  Brevoort River
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Brevoort Lake
    • Little Brevoort River
      Little Brevoort River
      -References:*...
      
      
• Pointe aux Chenes River
  Pointe aux Chenes River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Moran River
  Moran River
  -References:*...
  
  

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...

 basin

• Tahquamenon River
  Tahquamenon River
  The Tahquamenon River is a long blackwater river in the U.S. state of Michigan that flows in a generally eastward direction through the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula. It drains approximately of the Upper Peninsula, including large sections of Luce County and Chippewa County...
  
  
  • Hendrie River
    Hendrie River
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Sage River
    Sage River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Shelldrake River
  Shelldrake River
  The Shelldrake River is a river in Chippewa County. It flows through Tahquamenon Falls State Park and the Lake Superior State Forest into Lake Superior....
  
  
• Carp River (Luce County), probably non-existent
• Little Two Hearted River
  Little Two Hearted River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Two Hearted River
  Two Hearted River
  The Two Hearted River is a short river, approximately 25 mi long in northern Michigan in the United States. It drains a forested wilderness area of the eastern Upper Peninsula into Lake Superior. It rises in several short branches in northeastern Luce County approximately 15 mi southeast of Grand...
  
  
• Blind Sucker River
  Blind Sucker River
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Dead Sucker River
    Dead Sucker River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Sucker River
  Sucker River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Hurricane River
  Hurricane River
  The Hurricane River is a river in the upper peninsula of Michigan. It empties into Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. There is a campground at the mouth of the river which is also the beginning of a trail that leads past various old shipwrecks to the historic Au Sable Lighthouse...
  
  
• Mosquito River
  Mosquito River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Miners River
  Miners River
  The Miners River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is the largest river in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Miners River has its origin outside of the National Lakeshore, near Ginpole Lake in the Hiawatha National Forest, and flows for over 8 miles into Lake Superior. Miners...
  
  
• Anna River
  Anna River (Michigan)
  The Anna is a small river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The mouth of the river is at in the city of Munising on the South Bay of the Grand Island Harbor on Lake Superior....
  
  
• Au Train River
  Au Train River
  The Au Train River is a river in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.-References:*...
  
  
• Rock River
  Rock River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Laughing Whitefish River
  Laughing Whitefish River
  The Laughing Whitefish River is located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in eastern Marquette County and flows east and then north through Alger County to the mouth on Lake Superior at a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan...
  
  
• Sand River
  Sand River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Chocolay River
  Chocolay River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Carp River (Marquette County)
  Carp River (Marquette County)
  Carp River is a river in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of Deer Lake in Ishpeming Township north of Ishpeming at in the Upper Peninsula....
  
  
• Dead River
  Dead River (Michigan)
  The Dead River is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior....
  
  
  • Little Dead River
    Little Dead River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Little Garlic River
  Little Garlic River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Big Garlic River
  Big Garlic River
  The Big Garlic River is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. It empties into Lake Superior....
  
  
• Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan)
  Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Lake Independence
    Lake Independence
    Lake Independence is located in Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is fed primarily by the Yellow Dog River. The lake is naturally occurring, but its level has been stabilized and raised slightly to 625 feet above mean sea level by a dam...
    
    
    • Yellow Dog River
      Yellow Dog River
      The Yellow Dog River flows through Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is approximately 51 miles in length, with about 85 miles of tributaries. The main branch begins at the outflow from Bulldog Lake in the Ottawa National Forest on the boundary between...
      
      

• Salmon Trout River
  Salmon Trout River
  There are two streams named Salmon Trout River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.-Marquette County:Salmon Trout River in the Huron Mountains of Marquette County is home to the endangered "coaster" brook trout. The river flows into Lake Superior several miles northwest of Big Bay...
  
   (Marquette County)
• Pine River (Marquette County)
  • Pine Lake
    • River Styx
      River Styx (Michigan)
      The River Styx is an tributary of Pine Creek in Gratiot County, Michigan, in the United States. Its water flows via Pine Creek, the Maple River, and the Grand River to Lake Michigan.-References:*...
      
      
    • Mountain Stream
      • Mountain Lake
        • Cliff River
          Cliff River
          -References:*...
          
          
• Little Huron River
  Little Huron River
  The Little Huron River flows entirely within Powell Township in northwest Marquette County, Michigan. It arises on the slopes of Mt. Benison in the west end of the Huron Mountains. For almost half of its length it flows generally southwesterly then westerly as it is joined by creeks from other...
  
  
• Huron River
  Huron River (northern Michigan)
  The Huron River is a small river system located in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River....
  
   (Baraga/Marquette counties)
• Huron Bay
  • Ravine River
    Ravine River (Michigan)
    The Ravine River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises in Baraga County near Mount Arvon at and flows initially northward and then westward into the Huron Bay of Lake Superior at ....
    
    
  • Slate River (Baraga County)
  • Silver River (Baraga County)
    Silver River (Baraga County)
    The Silver River is a stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises from the outflow of Fisher Lake at and flows in an arc to the northwest and then bending to northeast before emptying into Huron Bay of Lake Superior at ....
    
    
• Falls River
  Falls River (Michigan)
  The Falls River drains Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and flows into Lake Superior in the community of L'Anse. Its name derives from the fact that it flows over slate bedrock with a gradient that increases as it nears its mouth, cascading over numerous slate waterfalls.The Falls...
  
  
• Little Carp River (Baraga County)
  Little Carp River (Baraga County)
  Little Carp River is a river in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at in the Upper Peninsula.The river flows generally to the northeast and empties into Keweenaw Bay of Lake Superior at on the southeast side of the Keweenaw Peninsula....
  
  
• Portage River (Houghton County, Michigan), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway
  • Snake River
    Snake River (Michigan)
    -References:*...
    
    
  • Portage Lake
    Keweenaw Waterway
    The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island from the mainland. Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage Canal, Portage Lake Canal, Portage River, Lily Pond,...
    
    
    • Sturgeon River
      Sturgeon River (Houghton County, Michigan)
      Sturgeon River is a river in Baraga County and Houghton County counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. of the river were added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1992.-Description:...
      
       (Baraga/Houghton counties)
      • Otter Lake
        Otter Lake (Michigan)
        Otter Lake is the name of several lakes and one village in the U.S. state of Michigan.*The largest Otter Lake is in southeast Portage Township of Houghton County at . The lake is fed by the Otter River and it drains into the Sturgeon River....
        
        
        • Otter River
          Otter River (Michigan)
          The Otter River is a river in Houghton County, Michigan.The Otter was home to the last known population of Michigan Grayling . No grayling have been seen or caught in the river since 1938. -References:*...
          
          
          • West Branch Otter River
          • North Branch Otter River
            • Sante River
              Sante River
              -References:*...
              
              
            • Little Otter River
              Little Otter River
              The Little Otter River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...
              
              
      • Silver River (Baraga County/Houghton County)
        Silver River (Baraga County/Houghton County)
        The Silver River is a stream in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.It rises in Houghton County at and flows mostly northward into the Sturgeon River in Baraga County at ....
        
        
      • Little Silver River
        Little Silver River
        -References:*...
        
        
      • Perch River
        Perch River
        -References:*...
        
        
      • Rock River
        Rock River (Michigan)
        -References:*...
        
         (Baraga County)
        • Worm Lake
          • Vermilac River
            Vermilac River
            -References:*...
            
            
          • Murphy River
            Murphy River
            -References:*...
            
            
      • Tioga River
        Tioga River (Michigan)
        -References:*...
        
        
    • Pike River
      Pike River (Michigan)
      The Pike River is a stream in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The river begins in Portage Township at , flows northeast into Chassell Township, and empties into Pike Bay of Portage Lake at near the community of Chassell....
      
      
    • Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
      Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
      Torch Lake is approximately 2,700 acres lying mostly within Torch Lake Township and having portions within Osceola Township and Schoolcraft Township. The lake is fed by the Traprock River....
      
      
      • Trap Rock River
        Trap Rock River
        -References:*...
        
        
    • Pilgrim River
      Pilgrim River
      The Pilgrim River is a river in Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan. The river flows near the Portage Lake Golf Course and empties into the Keweenaw Waterway....
      
      
• Traverse River
  Traverse River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Tobacco River
• Big Betsy River
  Big Betsy River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Betsy River
  Little Betsy River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Lac La Belle
  Lac La Belle, Michigan
  Lac La Belle , is the name given to both a lake and a small unincorporated community in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The town was originally the site of a stamping plant for the copper mines of the Keweenaw, specifically the Mendota Mine and the Delaware Mine...
  
  
  • Little Gratiot River
    Little Gratiot River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Montreal
  Montreal River (Michigan)
  The Montreal River is a river in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Montreal River contains several rare plants and habitat, falls, and archeological sites; the lower portion of the Montreal River to Smith Fisheries is lowland conifer and contains steep slopes.Coordinates:...
  
   (Keweenaw County)
  • Medora River
    Medora River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Silver River (Keweenaw County)
  Silver River (Keweenaw County)
  The Silver River is a short stream near the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises out of a marsh around Bailey pond at and flows mostly northward into Lake Superior at ....
  
  
• Eagle River
  Eagle River (Michigan)
  The Eagle River is a small river on the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river flows into Lake Superior in the community of Eagle River...
  
  
• Gratiot River
  Gratiot River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Salmon Trout River
  Salmon Trout River
  There are two streams named Salmon Trout River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.-Marquette County:Salmon Trout River in the Huron Mountains of Marquette County is home to the endangered "coaster" brook trout. The river flows into Lake Superior several miles northwest of Big Bay...
  
   (Houghton County)
• Graveraet River
  Graveraet River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Elm River
  Elm River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Elm River
  Little Elm River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Misery River
  Misery River
  The Misery River is a river on the Keewenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is formed from the outflow of Lake Roland in Houghton County, Michigan at near Twin Lakes State Park and flows into Misery Bay on Lake Superior at - Tributaries :...
  
  
  • Little Misery River
    Little Misery River
    The Little Misery River is a river on the Keewenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flows into the Misery River at , shortly before it flows into Lake Superior....
    
    
• East Sleeping River
  East Sleeping River
  -References:*...
  
  
• West Sleeping River
  West Sleeping River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Firesteel River
• Flintsteel River
  Flintsteel River
  -References:*...
  
  

• Ontonagon River
  Ontonagon River
  The Ontonagon River is a river flowing to Lake Superior on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. The main stem of the river is 25 mi long and is formed by a confluence of several longer branches, portions of which have been collectively designated as a National Wild...
  
  
  • West Branch Ontonagon River
    • South Branch Ontonagon River
    • Lake Gogebic
      Lake Gogebic
      Lake Gogebic is the largest lake of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is located within the 1 million acre Ottawa National Forest. Lake Gogebic State Park is located along its western shore....
      
      
      • Slate River (Gogebic County)
        • Pelton River
          Pelton River
          -References:*...
          
           or Pelton Creek
  • Middle Branch Ontonagon River
    • Baltimore River
      Baltimore River
      The Baltimore River is a river in Michigan. It rises in Ontonagon County and flows into the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. The O Kun de Kun Falls are located on the river....
      
      
    • Tamarack River
      Tamarack River
      -References:***USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota...
      
      
  • East Branch Ontonagon River
    • Jumbo River
      Jumbo River
      -References:*...
      
      
• Potato River
  Potato River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Floodwood River
  Floodwood River (Michigan)
  Floodwood River is a river in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Floodwood River rises from the highlands of southern Ontonagon Township at and flows north approximately into Lake Superior at approximately west of the village of Ontonagon.The Floodwood is one of several nearly...
  
  
• Cranberry River
  Cranberry River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
• Little Cranberry River
  Little Cranberry River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Duck River
  Duck River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  , also called Duck Creek (Ontonogan County)
• Mineral River
  Mineral River
  The Mineral River is a short tributary of Lake Superior on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows for its entire length in western Ontonagon County, rising in the Ottawa National Forest and flowing generally northward to meet Lake Superior about 11 mi ...
  
  
• Big Iron River
  Big Iron River
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Rapid River (Ontonagon County, Michigan)
    Rapid River (Ontonagon County, Michigan)
    The Rapid River is a short river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Bergland Township and flows mostly east into the Big Iron River....
    
    
• Little Iron River
  Little Iron River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Union River
  Union River (Michigan)
  -References:*...
  
  
  • Little Union River
    Little Union River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Carp River
  Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)
  Carp River is a river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of the Lake of the Cloudsat in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula....
  
   (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River
• Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)
  Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)
  Little Carp River is a river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula....
  
  
• Presque Isle River
  Presque Isle River
  The Presque Isle River runs through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and empties into Lake Superior. Along its course, it flows through the Ottawa National Forest and Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. It has 300 mi2 of drainage area in Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin.Several...
  
  
  • Little Presque Isle River
    Little Presque Isle River
    -References:*...
    
    
• Black River (Gogebic County)
  Black River (Gogebic County)
  The Black River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly in Gogebic County into Lake Superior at . Its source at is a boreal wetland on the border with Iron County, Wisconsin...
  
  
  • Little Black River (Gogebic County)
• Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan)
  Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan)
  The Montreal River is a river flowing to Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is approximately 40 miles long and drains approximately 270 square miles in a forested region. For most of its length, the river's course is used to define a...
  
   (Gogebic County)

See also

• List of rivers of the Americas
• Lists of rivers
• Chain of Lakes (Michigan)
• Inland Waterway (Michigan)
  Inland Waterway (Michigan)
  The Inland Waterway or Inland Water Route is a series of rivers and lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan. With only a short portage, it forms a navigable route for small craft connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan across the Northern Michigan region....
  
  

External links

• Michigan Streamflow Data from the USGS