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Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County, Michigan. The population was 7,973 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] Three Rivers derives its name from its location at the confluence of the St. Joseph River and two tributaries, the Rocky and Portage rivers. [6] The St. Joseph River flows into Lake Michigan.
The Potawatomi lived in this region of Southwest Michigan until being forcibly removed in the 1840s. [5] Corey Lake is said to be named after Joshua Corry, the first person to settle by the lake circa 1836. He died in 1888. [6] It is unknown how the spelling came to be changed. [7] Records from 1858 refer to it as Corey's Lake. [8]
Portage River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) [3] river that flows southward through Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan.Its headwaters are 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Kalamazoo at Portage Lake, and the river flows southwest to its mouth within the city limits of Three Rivers, where it drains into the St. Joseph River.
Pleasant Lake is a 262-acre lake located near Three Rivers in the Michigan county of St. Joseph. [1] The lake is 53 feet in maximum depth. [2] [3] The lake was surveyed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1996. The survey uncovered significant panfishery resources in the form of bluegill and yellow perch.
The river then flows southeast into western Toledo, where it turns northeast. For its lower 5 miles (8 km) it flows along the north side of Toledo roughly parallel to the Maumee River, separated from it by approximately 2 miles (3 km). It crosses the Michigan state line for its final 1 mile (1.6 km), entering Little Maumee Bay on Lake Erie.
Little Pleasant Lake is a 29-acre lake located near Three Rivers in the Michigan county of St. Joseph. [1] The lake was mapped for fishery purposes by the Michigan Conservation Department, the predecessor agency of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1954.
Three Rivers Savings and Loan "south building" (101 S. Main), a single story buff brick Neo-Classical building trimmed with terra cotta, constructed in 1916. Public Library (107 N. Main), a 2-1/2 story cross-gable building constructed of rubble stone with shingled gables. It was built in 1904, and designed by A.W. Rush & Co. of Grand Rapids.
The camp was the first YMCA camp in the country to offer a summer program for young women. Camp Eberhart was fully co-educational in the 1970s. Today, the camp serves both children and adults. Camp Eberhart is situated on 200 acres (0.81 km 2) of land with over a mile of shoreline on Corey Lake, in Three Rivers, MI. With the girl cabins of ...