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Kids Creek Mill Creek, Hospital Creek, Asylum Creek
Kids Creek flowing through the Munson Medical Center campus in Traverse City in 2013.
Location of the mouth within Michigan
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Grand Traverse
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Mouth
• location	Boardman River in Traverse City
• elevation	584 ft (178 m)

Kids Creek is a stream in Grand Traverse County, Michigan in the United States. The stream is a tributary of the Boardman River, which itself flows into Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The stream drains an area of about 7 square miles (18 km). The stream is so named because fishing in the stream was originally restricted to children. Previous names for the stream include Mill Creek, Hospital Creek, and Asylum Creek.

Watercourse

The primary watercourse of Kids Creek, according to the GNIS, begins south of South Airport Road in Garfield Township, and flows northeasterly. The stream then crosses under highway US Highway 31/M-37, and into a commercially developed area. The stream then turns northward, crossing once more under the highway, and passing a Meijer store. The stream then enters Traverse City, flowing north through the Grand Traverse Commons Natural Area, which is property that was previously operated as part of the Traverse City State Hospital. Crossing under Seventh Street, the stream enters the eponymous Kids Creek neighborhood of Traverse City. The stream crosses under West Front Street twice, before emptying into the Boardman River after flowing under Wadsworth Street.

History

Early on, the stream was known as "Mill Creek", as a sawmill dammed the creek near Division Street in Traverse City.

Restoration efforts

In 2013, efforts to restore the portion of a Kids Creek Tributary A near Munson Medical Center were completed, which daylighted the stream and relocated its course from the west side of Beaumont Place to the east. Since then, a number of road crossings in Traverse City's Kids Creek neighborhood have taken place, converting them from culverts to clear spans.

In 2023, Meijer partnered with the the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay to install underground infiltration structures and bioretention cells under the store's parking lot to prevent stormwater runoff from entering the adjacent creek and marshland.

References

1. "Kids Creek Restoration Project - The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay". gtbay.org. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
2. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
3. Fidler, Richard (2014-07-01). "The Forest That Is Traverse City". Grand Traverse Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
4. "Restoring Kids Creek | Projects | Traverse City". City of Traverse City. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
5. "Meijer Installs Green Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality in Traverse City". Meijer Community. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
6. "Green Infrastructure at Meijer - The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay". gtbay.org. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2024-12-23.

• Geography of Grand Traverse County, Michigan
• Rivers of Grand Traverse County, Michigan
• Rivers of Michigan
• Tributaries of Lake Michigan