Little Carp River is a river in Gogebic

Gogebic County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,370 people, 7,425 households, and 4,581 families residing in the county. The population density was 16 people per square mile . There were 10,839 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

 and Ontonagon

Ontonagon County, Michigan

-National protected areas:* Keweenaw National Historical Park * Ottawa National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 7,818 people, 3,456 households, and 2,225 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile . There were 5,404 housing units...

 counties in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

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

. The Carp River rises at 46°45′54"N 89°44′44"W in the Porcupine Mountains

Porcupine Mountains

The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning across the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The area is part of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park...

 of the Upper Peninsula

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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The river arches broadly southwest to northwest and empties into Lake Superior at 46°45′22"N 89°54′01"W approximately one mile from the mouth of the 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....

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Tributaries and features (from the mouth):

• Traders Falls
• (left) Memengwa Creek
• Explorers Falls
• Trappers Falls
• (right) Wabeno Creek
• Greenstone Falls
• Overlooked Falls
• (right) Blowdown Creek
• (right) Beaver Creek
• Lily Pond
• Mirror Lake
  • Trail Creek