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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 .
The Cooke plant was the first of six Au Sable River hydros completed over the next 12 years. [2] The Cooke plant now generates power at a lower 46,000 volts. However, the plant, and its original generating equipment, is still in use. [2] Cooke Hydro is also part of the River Road Scenic Byway and listed in the National Scenic Byways Program. [4]
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.
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
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 .
Mio, part of Northern Michigan, is situated in the Au Sable River Valley. It is surrounded by the Huron National Forest and near the Rifle River State Recreation Area . The area is part of the Au Sable State Forest , specifically the Grayling Forest Management Unit (Alcona, Crawford, Oscoda, and northern Iosco counties).
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.
Consumers Power Company (now Consumers Energy) began construction on this hydro-electric dam in 1911 and completed it in 1912. [2] The dam, the second of six built by the company on the Au Sable River, [2] is named for the nearby location where there were once five distinct river channels. [3]