River in Michigan, United States
Sturgeon River is a 63.6-mile-long (102.4 km)[ 2] U.S. state of Michigan , flowing mostly southward through Alger County and Delta County counties on the Upper Peninsula .
The Sturgeon River rises as the outflow of Sixteenmile Lake in Alger County at 46°17′35″N 86°46′00″W / 46.29306°N 86.76667°W / 46.29306; -86.76667 Big Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan at 45°50′17″N 86°40′01″W / 45.83806°N 86.66694°W / 45.83806; -86.66694 [ 1]
The West Branch Sturgeon River rises at 46°09′56″N 86°43′46″W / 46.16556°N 86.72944°W / 46.16556; -86.72944 [ 2] 46°08′43″N 86°41′14″W / 46.14528°N 86.68722°W / 46.14528; -86.68722 [ 3]
A post office named Sturgeon River opened near the mouth of the river on July 23, 1891. The name was changed to St. Jacques on June 22, 1904. It closed on November 30, 1913, re-opened April 11, 1919, and was discontinued on July 31, 1955.[ 4]
Tributaries
(from the mouth)
(right) Bull Run[ 5]
(left) Morman Creek[ 8]
(left) Moses Creek[ 9]
(right) Eighteenmile Creek[ 10] (left) Johnson Creek[ 11]
(right) Mink Creek[ 13]
(right) Chicago Lake[ 15]
Vista Lake[ 16]
Back Lake[ 17]
(left) Little Black Creek[ 18]
(left) Black Creek[ 19]
(left) West Branch Sturgeon River[ 3]
(right) Camp R Creek[ 23]
Dam Lake[ 24] (left) Little Aleck Lake[ 25]
(right) Wheelbarrow Lake[ 26]
(left) Little Round Lake[ 28]
Sixteenmile Lake[ 29]
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