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Rogue River is a river in the in
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
MichiganMichigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It runs through
KentKent County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids–Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 2000 census, the county had a population of 574,335. The 2008 Census estimate placed the county population at 605,213. The county seat is Grand Rapids...
and
NewaygoNewaygo County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids–Wyoming, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 47,874. The county seat is White Cloud. Newaygo County was either named for an Ojibwe leader who signed the Saginaw...
counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is long and has a drainage basin of .
Its headwaters are a series of ditches that drain the old Rice Lake bed near
GrantGrant is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 881 at the 2000 census. The city is on the boundary between Grant Township and Ashland Township, but is politically independent of both.-Geography:...
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agriculturalAgriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and...
purposes. In this area the stream has been dredged and straightened leaving limited fish habitat. The river joins the
Grand RiverThe Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs 260 miles through the cities of Eaton Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...
southeast of Belmont in
Plainfield TownshipPlainfield Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the 2000 census, the population was 30,195 . The township forms part of the metro Grand Rapids area. It derives its name from the extinct lumbertown of Plainfield founded in 1838 by Andrew...
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The
Rogue River is a river in the in
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
MichiganMichigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It runs through
KentKent County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids–Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 2000 census, the county had a population of 574,335. The 2008 Census estimate placed the county population at 605,213. The county seat is Grand Rapids...
and
NewaygoNewaygo County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids–Wyoming, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 47,874. The county seat is White Cloud. Newaygo County was either named for an Ojibwe leader who signed the Saginaw...
counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is long and has a drainage basin of .
Its headwaters are a series of ditches that drain the old Rice Lake bed near
GrantGrant is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 881 at the 2000 census. The city is on the boundary between Grant Township and Ashland Township, but is politically independent of both.-Geography:...
for
agriculturalAgriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and...
purposes. In this area the stream has been dredged and straightened leaving limited fish habitat. The river joins the
Grand RiverThe Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs 260 miles through the cities of Eaton Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...
southeast of Belmont in
Plainfield TownshipPlainfield Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the 2000 census, the population was 30,195 . The township forms part of the metro Grand Rapids area. It derives its name from the extinct lumbertown of Plainfield founded in 1838 by Andrew...
. The Blythefield Country Club is now situated on a bluff just northeast of where the Rogue flows into the Grand.
Originally named "Rouge River", the river's appellation was altered in the 19th century due to the printing error of a Wisconsin mapmaker. As a frontier waterway, the historic Rogue River was of major importance to local tribes and traders. During the lumber era in the latter 1800s its waters floated timber to the mills of the Grand River valley, and the riverboat Algoma plied its way northward along Rogue giving its name to the Kent county township of
AlgomaAlgoma Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 7,596.-Geography:...
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Rogue River is designated as "Country Scenic" under Michigan's Natural Rivers Act. It is popular with trout fishers and local youth who have floated the river by innertube since the mid 20th century. It is intersected in parts by the
White Pine TrailThe Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan.The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac, and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The White Pine Trail is a rail trail park...
. It varies from wide in the upper sections to wide near its end and is between 1 - deep.
The Rockford Dam restrains the Rogue in the City of
RockfordRockford is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,626. It is on the Rogue River and is only a few miles north of Grand Rapids.- History :...
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