Falls River (Michigan)

{{Short description|River in the United States of America}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Falls River

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| source1_location = L'Anse Township, Baraga County, Michigan

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|46.7091|-88.47652|region:US-MI}}

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| mouth_location = Lake Superior, Michigan

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46.75688|-88.45708|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Michigan#USA

| length = {{convert|5.1|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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The Falls River is a {{convert|5.1|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 January 3, 2012 stream that drains Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, and flows into Lake Superior in the community of L'Anse. Its name derives from the fact that it flows over slate bedrock with a gradient (rate of descent) that increases as it nears its mouth, cascading over numerous slate waterfalls.

The Falls is a picturesque stream that has been run by expert kayakers numerous times. As a whitewater stream, it rates a class 4+ on the International Scale of River Difficulty.