Huron River (Michigan)

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Huron River (Michigan)

The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and had previously been the name for the Clinton River

Clinton River

The Clinton River is a stream in the southeast of the U.S. state of Michigan.The Latitude and Longitude of a point near the mouth is 42?35'24.76"N 82?49'17.07"W...
. The Huron River is located in Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro Detroit....
, rising out of the Huron Swamp

Huron Swamp

The Huron Swamp is a heavily forested wetland located in Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in Michigan's Oakland County, Michigan....
in northern Oakland County

Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
and flowing into Lake Erie

Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
on the boundary between Wayne County

Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
and Monroe County

Monroe County, Michigan

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The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U.S. state

U.S. state

Michigan

Clinton River

The Clinton River is a stream in the southeast of the U.S. state of Michigan.The Latitude and Longitude of a point near the mouth is 42?35'24.76"N 82?49'17.07"W...
.

The Huron River is located in Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan

Huron Swamp

The Huron Swamp is a heavily forested wetland located in Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in Michigan's Oakland County, Michigan....
in northern Oakland County

Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
and flowing into Lake Erie

Lake Erie

Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
and Monroe County

Monroe County, Michigan

Monroe County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 145,945 with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 153,608....
. The Huron River is a typical Southeast Michigan stream; mud banks, slow stream flow and a low gradient define this river. It runs through the following counties, in order from the headwaters to its mouth, Oakland, Livingston

Livingston County, Michigan

Livingston County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is part of the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Washtenaw

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Washtenaw County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 322,895....
, Wayne, and Monroe. There are 24 major tributaries totaling about in addition to the mainstream. The Huron River watershed

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
drains . It is the only state-designated Country-Scenic Natural River in southeast Michigan. This includes of the mainstream, plus an additional of three tributaries.

The river was named after the Huron band of Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
who lived in the area. In Native languages, it was called cos-scut-e-nong sebee or Giwitatigweiasibi. It was part of a Native American trade route.

The river has several dams forming lakes behind them. Some of these are Kent Lake, Barton Pond, Argo Pond, Ford Lake, Belleville Lake, and Flat Rock Pond.

The Huron River flows through numerous parks and is a prime canoe

Canoe

A canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be covered....
ing river with a generally slow current and only few minor rapids or obstructions except for the short Delhi rapids which is runnable by experienced canoeists and kayakers except during low water. The Huron passes through the cities of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
, Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,362....
, Belleville

Belleville, Michigan

Belleville is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,997 at the 2000 United States Census. It is the Town twinning of Machynlleth, Wales....
, Flat Rock

Flat Rock, Michigan

Flat Rock is a city in Wayne County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. A very small portion of the city extends into Monroe County, Michigan....
and Rockwood

Rockwood, Michigan

Rockwood is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,442 at the United States Census, 2000....
.

The river is heavily fished

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
by sportsmen for rock bass

Rock bass

The rock bass , also known as the goggle-eye or red eye, is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. They are similar in appearance to smallmouth bass but are usually quite a bit smaller....
, sunfish

Centrarchidae

The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus . The family's 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies....
, bluegill

Bluegill

The Bluegill is a species of freshwaterfish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose. It is a member of the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
, black crappie, white bass

White bass

The white bass or sand bass is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. It is the state fish of Oklahoma. White Bass are unrelated to the black basses, which are members of the Centrarchidae family....
, smallmouth bass

Smallmouth bass

The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the black basses, it is a popular gamefish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stock to many cool-water rivers and lakes in the United States an...
, largemouth bass

Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass is a species of fish in the Centrarchidae family . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, and southern largemouth....
, northern pike

Northern Pike

The northern pike , Esox lucius, is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox . They are typical of brackish water and freshwaters of the northern hemisphere ....
, walleye

Walleye

Walleye or yellow pickerel or pickerel is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European Zander....
, catfish

Catfish

Catfish are a very diverse group of Actinopterygii fish. Named for their prominent barbel s, which resemble a cat's whiskers , catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Pangasius gigas from Southeast Asia and the longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores , and even to a tiny parasite species commonly called the ca...
, trout

Trout

Trout are a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Salmon belong to some of the same genera as trout but, unlike most trout, most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water....
, muskie

Muskie

Muskie may refer to:*Ed Muskie, American politician*muskellunge, freshwater fish native to North America...
, and below Belleville Dam, Coho salmon

Coho salmon

The Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family . Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers"....
, Chinook salmon

Chinook salmon

The Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, , is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family . It is a Pacific Ocean salmon and is variously known as the king salmon, tyee salmon, Columbia River salmon, black salmon, chub salmon, hook bill salmon, winter salmon, Spring Salmon, ...
, and Steelhead

Rainbow trout

The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America as well as much of the central, western, eastern, and especially the northern portions of the United States....
. Sucker

Catostomidae

Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fish. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia....
s and carp

Carp

Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and southeast Asia....
are also common fish in the river. The Big Huron River and the Little Huron River both flow mostly north near one another in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan....
. The east and west branches of the Big Huron arise in L'Anse Township

L'Anse Township, Michigan

L'Anse Township is a civil township of Baraga County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 3,926....
in western Baraga County

Baraga County, Michigan

Baraga County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan, named after Frederic Baraga. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 8,746....
near the boundary with Marquette County

Marquette County, Michigan

Marquette County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 64,634....
. The east branch runs through a corner of Marquette County before flowing back into Baraga County. The east and west branches merge in Arvon Township

Arvon Township, Michigan

Arvon Township is a civil township of Baraga County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 482....
shortly before flowing into Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, United States, and to the south by the U.S....
in the northwest corner of Marquette county at the west end of the Huron Mountains and a few miles east of Huron Bay. The Little Huron River flows entirely within Powell Township

Powell Township, Michigan

Powell Township is a civil township of Marquette County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 724 at the United States Census, 2000....
in northwest Marquette County. It arises in the west end of the Huron Mountains

Huron Mountains

The Huron Mountains are located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan, mostly in Marquette County, Michigan and Baraga County, Michigan, overlooking Lake Superior....
and flows into Lake Superior about one mile (1.6 km) east of the mouth of the Big Huron and about four miles (6 km) south of the Huron National Wildlife Refuge. Somewhat confusingly, this is about four miles (6 km) west of Huron River Point on Lake Superior.Historically, the Clinton River

Clinton River

The Clinton River is a stream in the southeast of the U.S. state of Michigan.The Latitude and Longitude of a point near the mouth is 42?35'24.76"N 82?49'17.07"W...
, also located in Southeast Michigan north of Detroit, had been known as the Huron River until it was renamed in 1824 by the Michigan Territorial Council to avoid confusion.

Huron River (Michigan)

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