Sand River (Michigan)

The Sand River is a 9.2-mile-long (14.8 km)[2] tributary of Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. For most of its course it flows through Escanaba River State Forest in the northeastern corner of Marquette County, then enters the northwestern corner of Alger County just before flowing into Lake Superior at the village of Sand River.

Sand River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMarquette County, Michigan
 • coordinates46.39883°N 87.139589°W / 46.39883; -87.139589[1]
MouthLake Superior, Michigan
 • coordinates
46.496325°N 87.106811°W / 46.496325; -87.106811

See also

References
  1. "Sand 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



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