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Hurricane River

Coordinates: 46°39′58″N 86°10′05″W / 46.66607°N 86.16794°W / 46.66607; -86.16794
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Hurricane River
Mouth of the Hurricane River at Lake Superior
Map
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
Short Video of the mouth of the Hurricane River

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References

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  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 [1] accessed March 25, 2011
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