Misplaced Pages

Ford River (Michigan)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
River in the United States
Ford River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMichigan
Mouth 
 • location45°40′20″N 87°08′30″W / 45.67222°N 87.14167°W / 45.67222; -87.14167

The Ford River is a 108-mile-long (174 km) tributary of Lake Michigan on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.

The Ford River was named for Thomas Ford, 8th Governor of Illinois.

See also

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 December 19, 2011
  2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 71.


Stub icon

This article related to a river in Michigan is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: