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The Au Sable River (/ ɔː ˈ s ɑː b əl / aw SAH-bəl) is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [2] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Rising in the Northern Lower Peninsula , the river flows in a generally southeasterly direction to its mouth at Lake Huron at the communities of Au Sable and Oscoda .
Au Sable River Park is an unincorporated community located along the South Branch of the Au Sable River at [ 4 ] Geels is an unincorporated community located in the northwest corner of the township at 44°25′19″N 84°29′01″W / 44.42194°N 84.48361°W / 44.42194; -84.48361
Lying off of River Road National Scenic Byway, Iargo Springs provides a panoramic view of the Au Sable River. Used as a drinking water source since pre-settlement times, dams were constructed on the springs by early loggers before the turn of the century. The dams were useful in diverting water to the logging camps nearby.
In 1984, the U.S. Forest Service under President Ronald Reagan designated the stretch of the Au Sable River running through McKinley as the Au Sable National Scenic River, which flows eastward for 23 miles (37 km) from Mio to the Alcona Dam Pond as part of the Huron National Forest. [4]
The city of Au Sable never recovered and surrendered its city charter in 1931 and returned to township control. [5] [6] Due to its location along the Au Sable River and Lake Huron coastline, a lighthouse was established at the river mouth to aid ships that were used to transport the large lumber supplies.
Au Sable (/ ɔː ˈ s ɑː b əl / AW sah-bəl) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Iosco County, Michigan. The population of the CDP was 1,453 at the 2020 census . The community is located within Au Sable Township at the mouth of the Au Sable River along Lake Huron .
River Road runs away from the river, cutting across forest land near a bend in the Au Sable. Near the Old Orchard Park, the byway follows the southern shore of Foote Dam Pond. From here east, the roadway continues along the south bank of the river, across from Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, as it runs into Oscoda. The eastern terminus of the byway ...
Its location is now within present-day Au Sable Township, which was established in 1947 long after the community disappeared. Keno is an unincorporated community near the center of the township along St. Helen Road at 44°28′20″N 84°24′38″W / 44.47222°N 84.41056°W / 44.47222; -84.41056