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).
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.
Huron River
Facing southeast over the Huron River, with the Huron Mountains in the background.
Huron River East Branch, Robarge Creek, Huron River Little East Branch
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.
The following is a partial list of waterfalls along the Huron River and its branches, generally listed in order heading upstream.
Huron River, mainstreamedit
Lower Huron Falls (Big Erick's Falls)
Huron River East Branchedit
East Branch Falls
Big Falls
Huron River West Branchedit
West Branch Falls
Lower Letherby Falls
Leatherby Falls
Upper Leatherby Falls
Referencesedit
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 3, 2012
^. February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017.
November 26, 2023
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