Black River (Cheboygan County) Explained

Black River
Source1 Location:	Charlton Township, Otsego County, Michigan
Mouth Location:	Cheboygan River in Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Length Mi:	79
Mouth Elevation:	594feet

Black River is a 78.8adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through four Northern Michigan counties: Otsego, Montmorency, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan. The Black River flows into the Cheboygan River at 45.6036°N -84.4631°W, just south of the city of Cheboygan, and then into Lake Huron. The main branch of the Black River originates in Charlton Township in east-central Otsego County near the boundary with Montmorency County. The East Branch of the Black River rises less than a mile to the east in Vienna Township in Montmorency County. The other major tributaries, Canada Creek, Tomahawk Creek and the Rainy River all rise in northern Montmorency County.

Tributaries (from the mouth):

(left) Beechnut Creek
(left) Myers Creek
(right) Wixon Creek
- (left) Spring Creek
(left) Section Seven Creek
(left) Owens Creek
- (right) Twin Lakes Outlet
  - Twin Lakes
(right) Long Lake Creek
- Long Lake
Black Lake
- Cains Creek
- Doriva Beach Creek
- Rainy River
  - (left) Cold Creek
  - (right) Little Rainy River
  - (left) East Branch Rainy River
  - Rainy Lake
    - West Branch Upper Rainy River
      - Rainy River Flooding formed by the Rainy River dam
        Lower Tomahawk Lake
        Upper Tomahawk Lake
- Stony Creek (also known as Strong Creek)
- Stewart Creek
- Fisher Creek
- Upper Black River (portion above Black Lake)
  - (right) Milligan Creek
    - (right) Stony Creek
      - Stony Creek Flooding
        Adair Creek
    - (right) Gokee Creek
    - (right) Weed Creek
    - (right) Lewis Branch Adair Creek
    - Dorsey Lake (also known as Duby Lake)
  - (right) Welch Creek
  - (right) Gillis Creek
  - (left) Bowen Creek
  - (right) Sturgis Creek
    - (right) Lyons Creek
  - (right) Gregg Creek
  - (left) Tomahawk Creek
    - Francis Lake
    - Little Tomahawk Lake
    - Tomahawk Creek Flooding (on the boundary between Presque Isle and Montmorency counties)
      - Twin Tomahawk Lakes
  - (left) Canada Creek
    - (right) Oxbow Creek
      - (left) Bear Den Lake
    - (left) Horsehead Lake
      - Wildfowl Lake (also known as Upper Horsehead Lake)
    - (right) Little Joe Lake (also known as Horseshoe Lake)
    - (left) Lake Geneva (also known as Scotty Lake)
      - Virginia Lake (also known as Perch Lake)
    - (right) Montague Creek
    - (right) Van Hetton Creek
      - East Town Corner Lake
        West Town Corner Lake
    - Muskellunge Lake
      - (left) Pug Lakes
      - Valentine Lake
        Jackson Lake
        
        Packer Creek
  - (right) McMasters Creek
    - (left) Little McMasters Creek
    - (left) West McMasters Creek
    - (right) Dog Lake
  - (left) East Branch Black River (rises in the Green Swamp of northwest Montmorency County)
    - Foch Lakes
      - Town Line Lakes
    - (left) Rattlesnake Creek
  - (right) Stewart Creek
    - Stewart Lake (also known as Sally Lake)
  - (right) Hardwood Creek
  - (left) Hodge Creek
    - (right) Tubbs Creek
  - (right) Saunders Creek
- Mud Creek
  - (right) Little Mud Creek

Notes and References

U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 21, 2011