Cataract River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMud Lake
  elevation[1]
Mouth 
  location
Lake Michigan
  elevation
584 ft (178 m)[2]

The Cataract River is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km)[3] river in Newton Township, Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

The river rises from Mud Lake[1] at 45°59′59″N 85°39′38″W / 45.99972°N 85.66056°W / 45.99972; -85.66056 (Cataract River (source))[2] in southern Newton Township. It flows south approximately one half mile and receives the outflow from Stone Lake,[4] then continues to the south and west just under one mile into Lake Michigan at 45°59′15″N 85°38′36″W / 45.98750°N 85.64333°W / 45.98750; -85.64333 (Cataract River (mouth))[2] between Point Patterson[5] and Needle Point[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mud Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cataract River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. 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
  4. "Stone Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. "Point Patterson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. "Needle Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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