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The Detroit River is an international river in North America.The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan.
The Ecorse River is an 18.8-mile-long (30.3 km) [2] river in southern Michigan. Because of its small size, it is often identified as Ecorse Creek. It flows through the Downriver section of Metro Detroit, and is a tributary of the Detroit River. The early French settlers named it the Rivière aux Écorces ("bark river"). [3]
The lower Rouge River near Ford Field park in Dearborn on Friday, April 19, 2024. A new study grades Southeast Michigan's five rivers and their watersheds: Detroit, Rouge, Clinton, Huron and Raisin.
Downriver communities near Detroit and Dearborn (such as Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, River Rouge, Melvindale and Ecorse) were developed in the 1920s-1940s and are identified by brick and mortar homes (often bungalows), tree-lined streets and Works Progress Administration-designed municipal buildings, typical also of the homes within Detroit's city limits.
It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit. The river's roughly 467-square-mile (1,210 km 2) watershed includes all or parts of 48 municipalities, with a total population of more than 1.35 million, and it drains a large portion of central and northwest Wayne County, as well ...
Pages in category "Michigan populated places on the Detroit River" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Dead River (French: Rivière des Morts) is a 43.2-mile-long (69.5 km) [2] river in Marquette County, Michigan. [3] Its watershed is approximately 400 square miles (1,000 km 2 ) in size. [ 3 ] The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior .