Black River (Alcona County)

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| mouth_location = Lake Huron

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

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Black River is a {{convert|15.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed November 21, 2011 river in Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The main branch rises in northern Harrisville Township at {{coord|44|40|46|N|83|22|15|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS|name=Black River (source)}}{{cite gnis|621524|Black River}} and flows north through Haynes Township and Alcona Township and empties into Lake Huron at {{coord|44|48|58|N|83|17|57|W|}} at the unincorporated community of Black River.

The north branch rises in Sanborn Township in southern Alpena County at {{coord|44|52|07|N|83|22|06|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS|name=North Branch Black River (source)}}.{{cite gnis|1621024|North Branch Black River}} A large portion of its drainage basin is known as the Black River Swamp.{{cite gnis|1619242|Black River Swamp}} The north branch joins the main branch in Alcona Township approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} from the mouth at {{coord|44|48|23|N|83|19|33|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS|name=North Branch Black River (mouth)}}.

Tributaries (from the mouth):

• North Branch Black River
• Potvin Lake{{cite gnis|635360|Potvin Lake}}
• Gauthier Creek{{cite gnis|626689|Gauthier Creek}}
• DeRocher Creek{{cite gnis|1619678|DeRocher Creek}}
• Butternut Creek{{cite gnis|1619386|Butternut Creek}}
• Liston Creek{{cite gnis|1620525|Liston Creek}}
• Silver Creek{{cite gnis|1621603|Silver Creek}}
• Haynes Creek{{cite gnis|628001|Haynes Creek}}

During the lumber boom, the town was formerly the local headquarters for Russell A. Alger's lumber company. The house on Lake Shore Road (just north of the bridge on the west side) was removed in 2009; although Alger Street runs adjacent to the river.{{cite book |title=Into oblivion: the lives and times leading up to the final voyage of the steamship Marine City from the ghost town of Alcona, Michigan on Lake Huron, 1880 |location=Oxford, Mich |type=Hardcover |first1=Robert L. |last1=Bunting |first2=Robert (Illustrator) |last2=McGreevy |publisher=Black River Trading Company, LTD |edition=1st |date=October 31, 2007 |isbn=978-0979749209

|id={{ISBN|978-0979749209}}}}