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The Saginaw River is a 22.4-mile-long (36.0 km) [3] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Shiawassee rivers southwest of Saginaw . It flows northward into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron , passing through the cities of Saginaw and Bay City , both of which developed around it in the 19th century.
Saginaw Bay Light No. 1, a navigational light 11 nautical miles northeast of the mouth of the Saginaw River, houses NOAA weather equipment providing weather conditions for the bay. [7] Gravelly Shoal Light, located near Charity Island, also houses a weather station. [8] Taken with Resourcesat-2 on March 20, 2022.
At the time, lumbering was king in the Saginaw Valley. Forty sawmills lined the banks of the Saginaw River from the mouth to above Bay City, and the pungent odors of freshly cut white pine and hemlock were ever present. Heavy traffic of steam tugs, tow barges leaving the mills with finished lumber, as well as incoming tugs towing log rafts or ...
In Arenac County at , at the mouth of the Saginaw It is a tiny island in Sims Township between Charity Island and Little Charity Island . In Bay County at 43°39′07″N 83°51′13″W / 43.65194°N 83.85361°W / 43.65194; -83.85361 , in the Saginaw Bay at the mouth of the Saginaw River near Bay
The first Saginaw River lighthouse was constructed from 1839 to 1841, in a period when large quantities of lumber were being harvested and shipped from the heart of Michigan via river and the Great Lakes to the East Coast of the United States via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. This connection to major eastern markets was critical to the ...
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Saginaw River (18 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Saginaw County, Michigan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.