Carp River (Marquette County)

For other "Carp Rivers" in Michigan, see Carp River (Michigan).
Carp River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDeer Lake
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Superior
 • elevation
604 ft (184 m)[1]

Carp River is a 21.9-mile-long (35.2 km)[2] river in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of Deer Lake in Ishpeming Township north of Ishpeming at 46°31′58″N 87°40′01″W / 46.53278°N 87.66694°W / 46.53278; -87.66694 (Carp River (source))[1] in the Upper Peninsula.

The river flows generally east, emptying into Marquette Bay[3] of Lake Superior at 46°31′07″N 87°23′02″W / 46.51861°N 87.38389°W / 46.51861; -87.38389 (Carp River (mouth))[1] near the Marquette Branch Prison on the south side of the city of Marquette.

  1. ^ a b c "Carp River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 3, 2012
  3. ^ "Marquette Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.