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The camp was the first YMCA camp in the country to offer a summer program for young women. Camp Eberhart was fully co-educational in the 1970s. Today, the camp serves both children and adults. Camp Eberhart is situated on 200 acres (0.81 km 2) of land with over a mile of shoreline on Corey Lake, in Three Rivers, MI. With the girl cabins of ...
Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County, Michigan. The population was 7,973 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] Three Rivers derives its name from its location at the confluence of the St. Joseph River and two tributaries, the Rocky and Portage rivers. [6] The St. Joseph River flows into Lake Michigan.
Pleasant Lake is a 262-acre lake located near Three Rivers in the Michigan county of St. Joseph. [1] The lake is 53 feet in maximum depth. [2] [3] The lake was surveyed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1996. The survey uncovered significant panfishery resources in the form of bluegill and yellow perch.
Little Pleasant Lake is a 29-acre lake located near Three Rivers in the Michigan county of St. Joseph. [1] The lake was mapped for fishery purposes by the Michigan Conservation Department, the predecessor agency of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1954.
On April 11, 1893, a Lake Michigan seiche (a phenomenon similar to an ocean tsunami) pushed a wall of water, 3 to 5 feet (0.91 to 1.52 m) high, up the river at St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. This raised the level of the river by 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m).
Portage River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) [3] river that flows southward through Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan.Its headwaters are 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Kalamazoo at Portage Lake, and the river flows southwest to its mouth within the city limits of Three Rivers, where it drains into the St. Joseph River.
Three Rivers Savings and Loan "south building" (101 S. Main), a single story buff brick Neo-Classical building trimmed with terra cotta, constructed in 1916. Public Library (107 N. Main), a 2-1/2 story cross-gable building constructed of rubble stone with shingled gables. It was built in 1904, and designed by A.W. Rush & Co. of Grand Rapids.
The Rocky River, along with the St. Joseph River and the Portage River, are the three rivers from which the city of Three Rivers takes its name. The Rocky River rises in southwest Marcellus Township in Cass County at 41°59′43″N 85°51′04″W / 41.99528°N 85.85111°W / 41.99528; -85.85111