Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties)

For other "Little Carp Rivers" in Michigan, see Little Carp River.

Little Carp River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Porcupine Mountains
Mouth
• location	Lake Superior
• elevation	604 ft (184 m)[1]

The Little Carp River is a 15-mile-long (24 km)^[2] river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at 46°45′54″N 89°44′44″W^[1] in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula.

The river arches broadly southwest to northwest and empties into Lake Superior at 46°45′22″N 89°54′01″W approximately one mile from the mouth of the Carp River.^[1]

Tributaries and features (from the mouth):

• Traders Falls^[3]
• (left) Memengwa Creek^[4]
• Explorers Falls^[5]
• Trappers Falls^[6]
• (right) Wabeno Creek^[7]
• Greenstone Falls^[8]
• Overlooked Falls^[9]
• (right) Blowdown Creek^[9]
• (right) Beaver Creek^[10]
• Lily Pond^[11]
• Mirror Lake^[12]
  • Trail Creek^[13]

References

1. "Little 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 May 1, 2012
3. "Traders Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "Memengwa Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
5. "Explorers Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
6. "Trappers Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
7. "Wabeno Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
8. "Greenstone Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
9. "Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park unit map" (PDF). Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Recreation Division.
10. "Beaver Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
11. "Lily Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
12. "Mirror Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
13. "Trail Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.