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Pages in category "Rivers of Jackson County, Michigan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The Native Americans had named the river Walatoola, which means "winding waters", describing the great bends in the river. However, when British settlers arrived in the 1720s they named it the Cowpasture. There is an interesting story about how the Cowpasture and neighboring rivers the Bullpasture River and Calfpasture River came to be so named ...
English: This is a locator map showing Jackson County in Michigan. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers 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.
The Portage River is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km) [3] river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County. The Portage River rises at approximately 42°22′26″N 84°10′48″W / 42.37389°N 84.18000°W / 42.37389; -84.18000 in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation
Jackson County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population of the county was 160,366 as of the 2020 census. [2] Its seat of government is the city of Jackson. [3] The county was set off in 1829 and organized in 1832. [1]
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, Torch Lake, and Portage Lake.
Shaw Branch, a tributary of the Grand River, runs perpendicular to the path.A footbridge allows passage over the river.. Meridian-Baseline State Park is a historic preservation area covering 108 acres (44 ha) in Ingham County and Jackson County, Michigan, containing the intersection of the Michigan meridian and the baseline used for the Michigan Survey. [2]