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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 ...
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]
Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains, which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, [3] rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
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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.