Huron River (northern Michigan)

This article is about the Huron River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For the Huron River in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, see Huron River (Michigan).

Huron River
Facing southeast over the Huron River, with the Huron Mountains in the background.
Location within the state of Michigan
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
District	Baraga County
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Lake Superior
• location	near Skanee, Michigan, Baraga County, Michigan, United States
• coordinates	46°54′35″N 88°2′12″W
• elevation	604 ft (184 m)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Black Creek, Huron River Little West Branch
• right	Huron River East Branch, Robarge Creek, Huron River Little East Branch

The Huron River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) river^[1] in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Locally, it is commonly called the Big Huron River to distinguish it from the nearby Little Huron River. Another much larger Huron River is in Southeast Michigan.

The east and west branches of the Big Huron rise in L'Anse Township in eastern Baraga County, southeast of Mount Arvon, near the boundary with Marquette County. The East Branch runs through a corner of Marquette County before flowing back into Baraga County. The east and west branches merge in Arvon Township shortly before flowing into Lake Superior a few miles east of Huron Bay.

The Huron River is almost completely unmodified and undeveloped by humans. It flows almost entirely through woodlands and includes a number low waterfalls and rapids. The National Park Service ranks it highly in its Nationwide Rivers Inventory for scenery and geology.^[2]

The river is highly regarded for its sport fishing, especially for steelhead trout. Camping and canoeing are also popular, though both are considered difficult due to a lack of supporting facilities.

Scenic waterfalls

The following is a partial list of waterfalls along the Huron River and its branches, generally listed in order heading upstream.

Huron River, mainstream

• Lower Huron Falls (Big Erick's Falls)

Huron River East Branch

• East Branch Falls
• Big Falls

Huron River West Branch

• West Branch Falls
• Lower Letherby Falls
• Leatherby Falls
• Upper Leatherby Falls

References

1. 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
2. "Nationwide Rivers Inventory, Michigan Segments". February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017.