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The Tahquamenon Falls (/ t ə ˈ k w ɑː m ə n ɒ n,-n ən / tə-KWAH-mə-non, -nən) are a series of waterfalls on the Tahquamenon River, shortly before it empties into Lake Superior, in the northeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They are the largest waterfalls in Michigan, and one of the largest in the eastern half of North America.
Houghton-Douglass Falls [1] [2] [3] (also known as Douglass Houghton Falls, Douglass Falls or Houghton Falls [4]) is a waterfall in the U.S. state of Michigan. At 110 feet (34 m) from the top to its base, it is Michigan's tallest waterfall. [5] It is located in the state's Upper Peninsula between the villages of Laurium and Lake Linden just off ...
Chapel Falls—Two viewing platforms along the way provide views of the scenic Chapel Basin. Chapel Falls cascades some 60 feet (18 m) down the sandstone cliffs on its way to Chapel Lake. [14] Spray Falls—This waterfall is best seen from Lake Superior. The 1856 shipwreck of the Superior is at the base of the falls in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water ...
The site is near State Highway 26 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are three drops with the largest being 50 feet. The total height of the falls is 90 feet. [2] [3] The base of the waterfall is made up of Jacobsville Sandstone, a type of rock common in that area. [4] Hungarian Falls is also near Michigan's tallest waterfall, Houghton ...
The river is best known for the Tahquamenon Falls, a succession of two waterfalls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park totalling approximately 73 feet (22 m) in height. Because the headwaters of the river are located in a boreal wetland that is rich in cedar, spruce and hemlock trees, the river's waters carry a significant amount of tannin in solution (i.e., it is a blackwater river), and are often ...
The Huron River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) river [1] in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River. Another much larger Huron River is in Southeast Michigan.
The Escanaba River (/ ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ n ɑː b ə / ES-kə-NAH-bə) is a 52.2-mile-long (84.0 km) [1] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.. The name of this large river system and the community of Escanaba were derived from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning “flat rock".
The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The Porcupine Mountains were named by the native Ojibwa people, supposedly because their silhouette had the shape of a crouching porcupine. [4]