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The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster[a] refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
Manistee River. Tippy Dam or Tippy Hydro was built in 1918, and is a hydroelectric dam operated by Consumers Energy. The original name of the dam was Junction Hydro, but it was renamed to honor a Consumers board of directors member, Charles W. Tippy. The dam spans the Manistee River about 170 miles west from its headwaters, and approximately 20 ...
The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 116 miles (187 km) long, [4] draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan. Its entire course, with that of its tributary, the Brule River, forms part of the ...
The Montreal River is a river flowing to Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is 47.8 miles (76.9 km) long [3] and drains approximately 270 square miles (700 km 2) in a forested region. For most of its length, the river's course defines a portion of the Wisconsin–Michigan border.
Fishermen on one of several reef net fishing boats anchored off Lummi Island pull their nets to catch salmon on Sept. 14, 2023. Reef net fishing is considered one of the most sustainable fish ...
The Brule River is a 52.3-mile-long (84.2 km) [1] river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Nearly, almost all of the course forms a portion of the boundary between the two states. The Brule begins at Brule Lake, just inside the Michigan border, at 46°02′23″N 88°50′59″W. It winds east and southeast until joining with the ...
West Twin River. The West Twin River, formerly the Neshota River, is an 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) [2] river in east-central Wisconsin that is a tributary to Lake Michigan. It merges with the East Twin River in the city of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, less than a mile from the lakeshore. The source of the river is in southeast Brown County, near ...
Coordinates: 44°08′42″N 87°33′46″W. The East Twin and West Twin rivers meet at the Two Rivers harbor before journeying into Lake Michigan. The East Twin River, formerly the Mishicot River, is a 41.1-mile-long (66.1 km) [1] river in east-central Wisconsin that is a tributary to Lake Michigan. [2] It merges with the West Twin River in ...