Cataract River (Michigan)

The Cataract River is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km)[3] river in Newton Township, Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Cataract River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMud Lake
 • elevation[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Michigan
 • elevation
584 ft (178 m)[2]

The river rises from Mud Lake[1] at 45°59′59″N 85°39′38″W[2] in southern Newton Township. It flows south approximately one half mile and receives the outflow from Stone Lake,[4] then continues to the south and west just under one mile into Lake Michigan at 45°59′15″N 85°38′36″W[2] between Point Patterson[5] and Needle Point[6]

References
  1. "Mud Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Cataract River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed December 19, 2011
  4. "Stone Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. "Point Patterson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  6. "Meedle Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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