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Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County)

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This article is about the tributary of the Pigeon River. For the river that flows into Mullet Lake at the same place as the Pigeon River, see Little Pigeon River (Mullett Lake). River in the United States
Little Pigeon River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCorwith Township, Otsego County, Michigan
Mouth 
 • locationPigeon River, Cheboygan County, Michigan
 • elevation751 ft (229 m)

The Little Pigeon River is a 10.2-mile-long (16.4 km) stream in Otsego and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The stream rises from the outflow of Mud Lake in northern Corwith Township, Otsego County at 45°11′23″N 84°30′07″W / 45.18972°N 84.50194°W / 45.18972; -84.50194 (Little Pigeon River (source)), It flows north and east to empty into the Pigeon River at 45°17′32″N 84°29′08″W / 45.29222°N 84.48556°W / 45.29222; -84.48556 (Little Pigeon River (mouth)) in the southeastern corner of Walker Township in Cheboygan County.

Tributaries

From the mouth:

  • (left) MacAndrews Lake
  • (right) Burrows Creek
  • Mud Lake

Protected areas

L. John & Helen Bishop Working Forest Reserve

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 21, 2011
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: MacAndrews Lake
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burrows Creek
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Lake


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