Hurricane River

The Hurricane River is a 6.4-mile-long (10.3 km)[2] river in Alger County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It empties into Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. There is a campground at the mouth of the river which is also the beginning of a trail that leads past various old shipwrecks to the historic Au Sable Lighthouse.[3] The mouth of the river is also very near the eastern end of a stretch of relatively straight shoreline known as Twelvemile Beach.

Hurricane River near the mouth
New Bridge on H-58 over the Hurricane river
Hurricane River
Mouth of the Hurricane River at Lake Superior
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBurt Township, Alger County, Michigan
  coordinates46.60525°N 86.096°W / 46.60525; -86.096[1]
Mouth 
  location
Lake Superior, Michigan
  coordinates
46.66607°N 86.16794°W / 46.66607; -86.16794
Length6.4 mi (10.3 km)

See also

References

  1. "Hurricane River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed January 3, 2012
  3. Pure Michigan accessed March 25, 2011


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