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It served as the drainage zone for an area of lower Michigan that covers approximately ten counties. The region was a treasure-house of the wetland timber industry in the late 19th century. After the old-growth trees had almost all been removed, starting in 1903 farmers tried to ditch and tile-drain the land for arable crops.
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.
River Rouge Park in Detroit is getting the attention it needs—Detroit Free Press April 6, 2014; The Greening of Detroit said it plans to plant 1,500 trees at Rouge Park by mid-June 2014—Michigan MLive April 6, 2014; The Greening of Detroit—Website; Friends of Rouge Park—Website; River Rouge Watershed, on the EPA site; The Henry Ford Estate
The river is formed by a confluence of agricultural drainage ditches in Olive Township [5] and flows generally west-southwestward into Port Sheldon Township. After flowing through Pigeon Lake, [ 7 ] which is the only lake in the river's watershed, [ 5 ] it flows into Lake Michigan in Port Sheldon Township, approximately 9.5 miles (15.3 km ...
The Rogue River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, running through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is 48 miles (77 km) long [2] and has a drainage basin of 234 square miles (610 km 2). [3] Its headwaters are a series of ditches that drain the old Rice Lake bed near Grant for agricultural purposes ...
The two stage drainage ditch is classified as a 'surface' sustainable drainage system, contrary to a sub-surface system. The two stage drainage ditch is a modification of the land whereby grass benches which serve as floodplains are formed within the land of the watershed of the water system, shown in the diagram to the right. [1]
Mosquito Falls—This falls drops over an 8-foot (2.4 m) rock shelf on the Mosquito River. River otters and beavers live in the stream along the trail. [14] Chapel Falls—Two viewing platforms along the way provide views of the scenic Chapel Basin. Chapel Falls cascades some 60 feet (18 m) down the sandstone cliffs on its way to Chapel Lake. [14]
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.