Cheboygan River
{{About|the river in Michigan|the river in Wisconsin|Sheboygan River}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Cheboygan River
| image = Cheboygan River in Cheboygan.jpg
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| image_alt = A view of the Cheboygan River from walkway along the edge
| image_caption = Cheboygan River flowing through Cheboygan
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| source1_location = Mullett Lake
| mouth_location = Lake Huron at Cheboygan
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
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| length_mi = 7.0
| source1_elevation = {{convert|594|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{gnis|633106|Mullett Lake}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|581|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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}}The Cheboygan River ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|b|ɔɪ|g|ə|n}} {{respell|shə|BOY|gən}}){{cite book|title= Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary |edition= 3rd |year= 1997 |publisher= Merriam-Webster |page= 237 |isbn= 9780877795469 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&q=%22Che-boy-gan+%5Cshi-%27boi-gon%5C.%22&pg=PA237 |quote= Che•boy•gan \shi-'bȯi-gən\.}} is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The {{convert|7|mi|km||adj=on|spell=in}}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 flows from Mullett Lake to Lake Huron,with its mouth in the city of Cheboygan.{{gnis|623137}} The river forms part of the Inland Waterway, a {{convert|38|mile|km|-long|adj=mid}} series of lakes and rivers that nearly connect Little Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan, with Lake Huron. The Black River is the largest tributary of the Cheboygan River.
Description
The Cheboygan River descends {{convert|13|ft}} in its {{convert|6|mi|adj=on}} length, from {{convert|594|ft}} above sea level, the level of Mullett Lake, to Lake Huron at {{convert|581|ft}} above sea level. The river and other sections of the Inland Waterway are made accessible by locks maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The mouth of the Black River, {{convert|3.5|mi}} south of Cheboygan, is a noted spot to look for bald eagles and other fish-eating raptors.
In Cheboygan itself, U.S. Highway 23 is carried across the Cheboygan River by the Cheboygan Bascule Bridge, a Scherzer rolling lift bridge built in 1940 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 1999. In 2009, Cheboygan city authorities built an elevated pedestrian bridge across the Cheboygan near its mouth.{{cite news|title=Cheboygan authority approves river bridge design|url=http://www.cheboygannews.com/news/x1720663065/Cheboygan-authority-approves-river-bridge-design|publisher=Cheboygan Daily Tribune|date=2008-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708141446/http://www.cheboygannews.com/news/x1720663065/Cheboygan-authority-approves-river-bridge-design|archive-date=2011-07-08}}
The mouth of the Cheboygan River into Lake Huron is marked by the Cheboygan Crib Light.
The river forms the boundary between Benton Township and Inverness Township before flowing into the city of Cheboygan. The river forms the port of Cheboygan and serves as a dock for the ferry boat to Bois Blanc Island and the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw.{{cite map|year=2002|title=Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer|edition=10th|publisher=DeLorme }}
History
Cheboygan was founded as a lumbering town to cut timbers harvested from the Cheboygan River's drainage and floated down to mills (now mostly vanished) at the mouth of the river. Today, one of the biggest industries of the town and river of Cheboygan is pleasure boating up and down the river. The river is a key artery of the Inland Waterway, a pleasure-boat necklace of waterways in the northern section of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
The river is the namesake for the city and county.{{cite web |title=Bibliography on Cheboygan County |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/cheboygan.html |accessdate=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Cheboygan River}}
- [http://www.fishweb.com/maps/cheboygan/cheboygan/river/index.html Map of the Cheboygan River, with marinas and boat ramps marked]
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