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The Platte River (/ p l æ t /) is a 29.5-mile-long (47.5 km) river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. [1] Beginning at Long Lake in Grand Traverse County, the Platte River flows west across Benzie County before ending at Platte Bay, a small bay of Lake Michigan, in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
The Platte River Campground site extends 300 meters (980 ft) along the north bank of the Platte River, and runs up to 160 meters (520 ft) deep. [3] The site is a multicomponent site, with repeated prehistoric occupations over the Middle and Late Woodland Periods as well as historic occupation around the turn of the 20th century; thus, artifacts were found covering a range of time periods.
Inland Township is a civil township of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. [3] The township is located in the east of the county, and shares a border with Grand Traverse County. The Platte River flows through the north of the township.
The average depth of Platte Lake is 24 feet (7.3 m) deep. The deepest point of the lake is measured at 95 feet (29 m) deep. The Platte River flows through the lake at a speed of 120 cubic feet per second (3.4 m 3 /s). This means the residence time for the water in Platte Lake is 6 months. Also meaning that every hour 3,300,000 US gallons ...
Long Lake is home to the largest nesting population of loons in the Lower Peninsula. [3] Long Lake is primarily within the eponymous Long Lake Township, although a small portion extends south into Green Lake Township. The lake is the primary source of the Platte River, which flows west through Benzie County to Lake Michigan.
The state hugs 45 miles of Lake Michigan’s shoreline and is home to the headwaters of the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie and is the largest river basin in the Great Lakes.
The boundaries between Kentucky and West Virginia and the three states to their north – Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois – is based on the historical northern bank of the Ohio River. [1] In 1763, Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War , whose North American theater was called the French and Indian War .
Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan) Lake Independence. Yellow Dog River; Yellow Dog River. Salmon Trout River (Marquette County) Pine River (Marquette County) Pine Lake. River Styx (Marquette County) Mountain Stream Mountain Lake. Cliff River; Little Huron River; Huron River (Baraga/Marquette counties) Huron Bay. Ravine River; Slate River ...