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The river traverses the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest, and drains much of the northeastern Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The river takes its name from the passenger pigeon , an extinct bird whose migration route once included the river valley in North Carolina.
From there the river flows north 47.4 miles (76.3 km) [1] through private land and the Pigeon River Country State Forest to Mullett Lake. Much of the Pigeon River is classified by the Michigan Department Natural Resources (DNR) as a blue ribbon trout stream [2] with special fishing regulations to conserve and enhance the trout fishery. The ...
The Pigeon River is a small river flowing to Lake Michigan on the western Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The river is approximately 12.9 miles (20.8 km) long [4] [a] and drains an area of 61.7 square miles (160 km 2) [6] [b] in a generally rural area situated between the cities of Holland and Grand Haven.
Michigan State Forests Map. The following is a list of state forests in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources manages the largest state forest system in the nation (2.8 million acres (16,000 km 2)), administered by the Forest Resources Division. In literature describing recreational uses of state forest lands ...
The Pigeon River forms part of the Canada–United States border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, west of Lake Superior. In pre-industrial times, the river was a waterway of great importance for transportation and the fur trade .
The Great Indian Warpath passed through what is now Newport en route to the ancient Cherokee hunting grounds of northeastern Tennessee. [13] The Warpath crossed the Pigeon River at a point approximately 0.2 miles (0.3 km) east of the McSween Memorial Bridge (US-321), in an area where the river is normally low enough to walk across. [14]
The Little Pigeon River in Greenbrier. Greenbrier is a valley in the northern Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States.Now a recreational area located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Greenbrier was once home to several Appalachian communities.
The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a 37.9-mile-long (61.0 km) [2] stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan. The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains [1] in southern Sheridan Township. It flows north and west to empty into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Caseville [1]