Little Carp River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Porcupine Mountains |
Mouth | |
• location | Lake Superior |
• elevation | 604 ft (184 m) |
The Little Carp River is a 15-mile-long (24 km) 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 / 46.76500°N 89.74556°W / 46.76500; -89.74556 (Little Carp River (source)) 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 / 46.75611°N 89.90028°W / 46.75611; -89.90028 (Little Carp River (mouth)) approximately one mile from the mouth of the Carp River.
Tributaries and features (from the mouth):
- Traders Falls
- (left) Memengwa Creek
- Explorers Falls
- Trappers Falls
- (right) Wabeno Creek
- Greenstone Falls
- Overlooked Falls
- (right) Blowdown Creek
- (right) Beaver Creek
- Lily Pond
- Mirror Lake
- Trail Creek
References
- ^ "Little Carp River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- 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
- "Traders Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Memengwa Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Explorers Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Trappers Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Wabeno Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Greenstone Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park unit map" (PDF). Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Recreation Division.
- "Beaver Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Lily Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Mirror Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Trail Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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