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Once a logging river during the Michigan forestry boom at the turn of the 20th century, the river is now primarily used for recreation, and is a state-designated natural river. It is a popular river for canoeing , with no portages or dams and an average depth of 18 inches, to 5 feet in downtown Omer.
The United States Economic Census [4] tracks down to the Recreational Goods Rental level only, [5] and canoe livery is a subclass of this category. As of 2002, the category had 1,757 establishments employing at least one employee, with revenue of US$521,783,000 and a payroll of US$126,376,000 covering 7,416 people. [ 6 ]
The Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M) opened in 1848. In 1900, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal replaced the I&M and reversed the flow of the Chicago River so it no longer flowed into Lake Michigan. The United States Army Corps of Engineers maintains a 9-foot-deep (2.7 m) navigation channel in the waterway. [1]
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions , for more information. Information from Meints, Graydon (2005). Michigan Railroad Lines. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
The St. Joseph Indian Trail connected with the Great Trail, from Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic Seaboard to the Mississippi River and the Plains States to the west. The Great Trail connected with Michigan trails from Toledo to Detroit, and up to Lake Huron. [4] The trails were used by fur traders, explorers, and missionaries to travel into the ...
St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) Paw Paw River; Dowagiac River; Pigeon River (St. Joseph County) Fawn River. Little Fawn River; Prairie River; Rocky River; Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties) Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) Coldwater River (Branch County) Sauk River; Galien River. South Branch Galien River. Galena River
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system. Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Michigan, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]