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Location. Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Coordinates. 46°09′N 87°11′W / 46.15°N 87.19°W / 46.15; -87.19. Governing body. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Escanaba River State Forest is a state forest in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It includes forested lands in Alger, Delta, Marquette, and Menominee Counties.
The Escanaba River (/ ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ n ɑː b ə / ES-kə-NAH-bə) is a 52.2-mile-long (84.0 km) [1] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.. The name of this large river system and the community of Escanaba were derived from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning “flat rock".
Area code. 906. FIPS code. 26-26360 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1619865 [3] Website. Official website. Escanaba (/ ˌɛskəˈnɑːbə / ES-kə-NAH-bə), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula.
Grand Island Indian Trail Informational Designation. US-2, just east of Whitefish River. Rapid River. May 4, 1966. Escanaba River-The Legend Informational Designation. Escanaba River, Pioneer Trail Park, US-2 & -41 (M-35), 1 mile north of Escanaba. Escanaba. May 4, 1966. Little Bay de Noc Informational Designation.
Website. www.usgs.gov. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and ...
Laughing Whitefish River. Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park is a public recreation area protecting 960 acres (390 ha) along the Laughing Whitefish River in Onota Township and Rock River Township, in far western Alger County, Michigan. Its main scenic feature is Laughing Whitefish Falls, a 100-foot fan-shaped cascade located in the southern ...
Added to NRHP. February 25, 2002. J.W. Wells State Park (also known as Wells State Park) is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 678-acre (2.74 km 2) park is located in Menominee County on the shore of Lake Michigan 's Green Bay, just south of Cedar River. [4] It is on M-35, roughly midway between Menominee and Escanaba.
Map showing National Forests in Michigan. The Manistee National Forest is a national forest located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It has a total area of 540,187 acres (2,190 km 2). It was established in 1938, and combined with the Huron National Forest in 1945 for administrative purposes, creating the Huron-Manistee National Forests.