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The Perch River is a 25.4-mile-long (40.9 km) [1] tributary of the Sturgeon River in Iron County and Baraga County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.The Perch River begins at the outlet of Perch Lake in Bates Township and flows north through Ottawa National Forest to the Sturgeon River.
Perch Lake 117 acres (47 ha) Alger County: Perch Lake 1,038 acres (420 ha) Iron County: Perch Lake 3 acres (1.2 ha) Shiawassee County: Petticoat Lake 129 acres (52 ha) Baraga County: Piatt Lake 251 acres (102 ha) Chippewa County: Pickerel Lake 1,082 acres (438 ha) 74 feet (23 m) Emmet County: Pickerel Lake 3 acres (1.2 ha) Shiawassee County ...
Newberry was founded in 1882 and became the county seat when Luce County was separated from Chippewa County in 1887. Its first courthouse was completed in 1890. [6]The village was named in honor of John Stoughton Newberry, a U.S. Representative and industrialist from the state of Michigan.
To put those angler catches in perspective, in 1988 sport anglers caught 869,164 perch in the lake, including 133,328 in Kenosha, 213,163 in Racine and 408,438 in Milwaukee counties.
Here's several other Michigan spots you can see using live camera footage: Detroit: Downtown Detroit , Campus Martius and the Detroit River from Dossin Great Lakes Museum .
M-28 is Michigan's longest state trunkline highway. An east–west route, M-28 can be used to access Sault Ste. Marie to the east, and Munising and Marquette to the west. M-117 is a north–south connector between M-28 west of Newberry to US 2 in Mackinac County. M-123 is a u-shaped highway
Manitou Island is a small island in Lake Superior, off the northeastern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of Grant Township , in Keweenaw County . Located approximately three miles from the mainland, it encompasses around 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2 ).
The city is surrounded by Caseville Township. A popular destination for summer tourists, it sponsors the 10-day Cheeseburger in Caseville festival, a tribute to Jimmy Buffett's song "Cheeseburger in Paradise". [4] It has been also called the "Perch Capital of Michigan" for its extraordinary catches of the native fish yellow "perch".