Hurricane River
Mouth of the Hurricane River at Lake Superior
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBurt Township, Alger County, Michigan
  coordinates46°36′19″N 86°05′46″W / 46.60525°N 86.096°W / 46.60525; -86.096[1]
Mouth 
  location
Lake Superior, Michigan
  coordinates
46°39′58″N 86°10′05″W / 46.66607°N 86.16794°W / 46.66607; -86.16794
Length6.4 mi (10.3 km)

The Hurricane River is a 6.4-mile-long (10.3 km)[2] river in Alger County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It empties into Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. There is a campground at the mouth of the river which is also the beginning of a trail that leads past various old shipwrecks to the historic Au Sable Lighthouse.[3] The mouth of the river is also very near the eastern end of a stretch of relatively straight shoreline known as Twelvemile Beach.

Hurricane River near mouth
Hurricane River near the mouth
Hurricane River Bridge
New Bridge on H-58 over the Hurricane river

See also

References

  1. "Hurricane River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 3, 2012
  3. Pure Michigan accessed March 25, 2011



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