Sturgeon River (Houghton County, Michigan)

Sturgeon River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBaraga County, Michigan
 • coordinates46°35′12″N 88°16′05″W / 46.5866°N 88.2681°W / 46.5866; -88.2681[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Portage Lake, Michigan
 • coordinates
47°02′06″N 88°29′18″W / 47.0349°N 88.4884°W / 47.0349; -88.4884
Length106 mi (171 km)
TypeWild, Scenic
DesignatedMarch 3, 1992

The Sturgeon River is a 106-mile-long (171 km)[2] river in Baraga County and Houghton counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. 25.0 miles (40.2 km) of the river were added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1992.[3]

  1. ^ "Sturgeon 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, accessed January 3, 2012
  3. ^ Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002.