List of Michigan rivers

This is a list of Michigan rivers. This list includes only streams designated rivers although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan. Michigan has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by different rivers; for example, there are 9 Pine Rivers and 7 Black Rivers. In four cases there are two rivers of the same name in one county. In these cases extra information such as alternate name or body of water they flow into has been added.

Alphabetically

• Anna River
• Au Gres River
• Au Sable River
• Au Train River
• Bad River
• Baldwin River
• Baltimore River
• Bark River
• Bass River
• Battle Creek River
• Bear River
• Bell River
• Belle River
• Betsie River
• Big Betsy River
• Big Garlic River
• Big Iron River
• Big River
• Big Sable River
• Big Siskiwit River
• Black Mallard River
• Black River (Alcona County)
• Black River (Allegan/Van Buren Counties)
• Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego Counties)
• Black River (Gogebic County)
• Black River (Luce/Mackinac Counties)
• Black River (Marquette County)
• Black River (Sanilac/St.Clair Counties)
• Blind Sucker River
• Boardman River
• Boyne River
• Brevoort River
• Brule River
• Carp Lake River
• Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac County)
• Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon Counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River or Carp River Inlet or Inlet Creek
• Carp River (Luce County), not on USGS maps
• Carp River (Marquette County)
• Cass River
• Cataract River
• Cedar River (Antrim County)
• Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin Counties)
• Cedar River (Menominee County)
• Charlotte River
• Cheboygan River
• Chippewa River
• Chocolay River
• Clam River
• Cliff River
• Clinton River
• Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia Counties)
• Coldwater River (Branch County)
• Coldwater River (Isabella Counties)
• Cranberry River
• Creighton River
• Crooked River
• Crow River
• Crystal River
• Cut River
• Days River
• Dead River
• Dead Sucker River
• Deer River
• Detroit River
• Devil's River
• Dingman River
• Dowagiac River
• Driggs River
• Duck River also called Duck Creek
• Eagle River
• East Sleeping River
• Ecorse River
• Elk River
• Elm River
• Escanaba River
• Falls River
• Fawn River
• Fence River
• Firesteel River
• Fishdam River
• Flat River
• Flint River
• Flintsteel River
• Floodwood River
• Ford River
• Fox River
• Galena River
• Galien River
• Gogomain River
• Grand River
• Grass River
• Gratiot River
• Graveraet River
• Green River, (flows into Jordan River)
• Green River, (part of of Intermediate River system)
• Gun River
• Hemlock River
• Hendrie River
• Hersey River
• Huron River (Baraga/Marquette Counties)
• Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland Countires)
• Hurricane River
• Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft Counties)
• Indian River (Cheboygan County)
• Intermediate River
• Iron River (Iron County)
• Iron River (Marquette County)
• Jordan River
• Jordan River of Beaver Island
• Jumbo River
• Kalamazoo River
• Kawkawlin River
• Kelso River
• Laughing Whitefish River
• Leland River, also called the Carp River
• Lincoln River
• Little River
• Litle Betsy River (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• Little Betsie River (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
• Little Black River (Cheboygan County)
• Little Black River (Gogebic County)
• Little Brevoort River
• Little Carp River (Baraga County)
• Little Carp River (Cheboygan County), also called Carp River, Carp Creek
• Little Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon Counties)
• Little Cedar River (Gladwin County)
• Little Cedar River (Mennominee County)
• Little Cranberry River
• Little Dead River
• Little Elm River
• Little Fawn River
• Little Fishdam River
• Little Fox River
• Little Garlic River
• Little Gratiot River
• Little Hemlock River
• Little Huron River
• Little Iron River
• Little Manistee River
• Little Maple River
• Little MiseryRiver
• Little Molasses River
• Little Munuscong River
• Little Muskegon River
• Little Ocqueoc River
• Little Otter River
• Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County) empties into Mullett Lake
• Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties) empties into Pigeon River
• Little Pigeon River (Huron County)
• Little Presque Isle River
• Little Rabbit River
• Little Rainy River
• Little Rapid River
• Little River Raisin
• Little Silver River
• Little Siskiwit River
• Little Sturgeon River
• Little Sugar River
• Little Thornapple River
• Little Tobacco River
• Little Trout River
• Little Two Hearted River
• Little Union River
• Looking Glass River
• Macatawa River
• Manistee River
• Manistique River
• Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett Counties)
• Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Montcalm/Shiawassee Counties)
• Maple River (Muskegon County)
• Medora River
• Menominee River
• Michigamme River
• Middle Branch River
• Milakokia River
• Milecoquins River
• Milk River
• Mineral River
• Miners River
• Misery River
• Mitchigan River
• Molasses River
• Montreal (Keweenaw County)
• Montreal River Wisconsin-Michigan border
• Moran River
• Mosquito River
• Munuscong River
• Murphy River
• Muskegon River
• Net River
• New River
• North River
• Ocqueoc River
• Ogontz River
• Ontonagon Rver
• Ottawa River, usually called North Tenmile Creek
• Otter River
• Paint River
• Paw Paw River
• Pelton River, also called Pelton Creek
• Pentwater River
• Perch River
• Pere Marquette River
• Peshekee River
• Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties)
• Pigeon River (Huron County)
• Pigeon River (Ottawa County)
• Pigeon River (St. Joseph County)
• Pike River
• Pilgrim River
• Pinconning River
• Pine River (Alcona/Iosco Counties)
• Pine River (Arenac County)
• Pine River (Charlevoix County)
• Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac Counties)
• Pine River (Dickenson County)
• Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford Counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River
• Pine River (Marquette County)
• Pine River (Bay/Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland Counties)
• Pine River (St. Clair County)
• Pinnebog River
• Platte River
• Pointe aux Chenes River
• Portage River (Houghton County)
• Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw Counties) drains into Grand River
• Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph Counties)
• Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw Counties) drains into Portage Lake (Lower Peninsula)
• Potagannissing River
• Potato River
• Prairie River
• Presque Isle River
• Quanicassee River
• Rabbit River
• Rainy River
• Rapid River (Delta/Marquette Counties)
• Rapid River (Kalkaska County)
• Rapid River (Ontonagon County)
• Ravine River
• Red Cedar River
• Rifle River
• River Raisin
• River Rouge or Rouge River
• River Styx (Marquette County)
• River Styx (Montcalm County)
• Rock River (Alger County)
• Rock River (Baraga County)
• Rock River (Mackinaw County)
• Rocky River
• Rogue River
• Saganing River
• Sage River
• Saginaw River
• Saint Clair River
• St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
• St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
• St. Marys River
• Saline River
• Salmon Trout River (Houghton County)
• Salmon Trout River (Marquette County)
• Salt River (Macomb County)
• Salt River (Midland/Isabella Counties)
• Sand River
• Sante River
• Sauk River
• Sebewaing River
• Second River
• Shakey River
• Shelldrake River
• Shiawassee River
• Shoepac River
• Silver River (Keweenaw)
• Silver River (Baraga County) drain to Lake Superior
• Silver River (Baraga/Houghton Counties) drains to Otter Lake
• Siskiwit River
• Slate River (Baraga County)
• Slate River (Gogebic County)
• Snake River
• Spruce River
• Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta Counties)
• Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton Counties)
• Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties)
• Sturgeon River (Dickenson County)
• Sucker River
• Sugar River
• Swan River
• Tacoosh River
• Tahquamenon River
• Tamarack River
• Tawas River
• Thornapple River
• Thunder Bay River
• Tiffin River
• Tioga River
• Tittabawassee River
• Tobacco River (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
• Tobacco River (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• Torch River
• Trap Rock River
• Traverse River
• Trout River
• Two Hearted River
• Union River
• Vermilac River
• Waiska River
• Walton River
• West Sleeping River
• White River (Muskegon/Oceana Counties)
• White River (Huron County)
• Whitefish River
• Yellow Dog River

By tributary

Tributaries of Lake Erie

• Detroit River
  • Ecorse River
  • River Rouge or Rouge River
• Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland Countires)
  • Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw Counties) drains into Portage Lake
• North River
• Ottawa River
• River Raisin
  • Little River Raisin
  • Saline River
• Saint Joseph River (Maumee River) (by way of the Maumee River in Ohio)
• Tiffin River (by way of the Maumee River in Ohio)

Tributaries of Lake Huron

• Au Gres River
• Au Sable River
  • Pine River (Alcona/Iosco Counties)
• Black River (Alcona County)
• Black Mallard River
• Bell River
• Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac County)
• Cheboygan River
  • Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego Counties)
    • Black Lake
      • Rainy River
        • Little Rainy River
  • Mullett Lake
    • Indian River (Cheboygan County)
      • Burt Lake
        • Little Carp River (Cheboygan County)
        • Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett Counties)
        • Crooked River
          • Crooked Lake
      • Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties)
        • Little Sturgeon River
    • Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties)
      • Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties), tributary of Pigeon
    • Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County) empties directly into Mullett Lake
• Devil's River
• Kawkawlin River
• Little Black River (Cheboygan County)
• Little Trout River
• New River
• Ocqueoc River
  • Little Ocqueoc River
• Pigeon River (Huron County)
  • Little Pigeon River (Huron County)
• Pine River (Arenac County)
• Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac Counties)
• Pinnebog River
• Pinconning River
• Potagannissing River
• Quanicassee River
• Rifle River
• Saganing River
• Saginaw River
  • Shiawassee River
    • Bad River
    • Cass River
    • Flint River
  • Tittabawassee River
    • Chippewa River
      • Pine River (Bay/Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland Counties)
      • Coldwater River (Isabella Counties)
    • Salt River (Midland/Isabella Counties)
    • Tobacco River (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
      • Little Cedar River (Gladwin County)
      • Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin Counties)
    • Sugar River
      • Little Sugar River
    • Little Tobacco River
    • Molasses River
      • Little Molasses River
    • Pine Creek some portions called Newark and Arcadia Drain
      • River Styx (Montcalm County)
• Saint Mary's River
  • Charlotte River
  • Little Munuscong River
  • Munuscong River
  • Gogomain River
  • Waiska River
• Sebewaing River
• Swan River
• Tawas River
• Thunder Bay River
• Trout River
• White River (Huron County)

Tributaries of Lake Michigan

• Bark River
• Bear River
• Betsie River
  • Little Betsie River (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
• Big River
• Brevoort River
• Black River (Allegan/Van Buren Counties)
• Black River (Luce/Mackinac Counties)
• Big Sable River
• Boardman River
• Boyne River
• Carp Lake River
• Cataract River
• Cedar River (Menominee County)
• Crow River
• Cut River
• Crystal River
• Days River
• Elk River
  • Elk Lake
    • Torch River
      • Rapid River (Kalkaska County)
        • Little Rapid River
      • Torch Lake
        • Clam Lake
          • Grass River
            • Lake Bellaire
              • Cedar River (Antrim County)
                • Intermediate Lake
                  • Green River
                    • Sixmile Lake and other lakes
                      • Dingman River
                        • Intermediate River
• Escanaba River
  • Second River
  • Black River (Marquette County)
• Fishdam River
• Ford River
• Galien River
  • Galena River
• Grand River
  • Bass River
  • Rogue River
  • Thornapple River
    • Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia Counties)
      • Little Thornapple River
  • Flat River
  • Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Montcalm/Shiawassee Counties)
    • Little Maple River
  • Looking Glass River
  • Red Cedar River
  • Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw Counties) drains into Grand River
• Jordan River
  • Green River
• Jordan River (Beaver Island)
• Kalamazoo River
  • Gun River
  • Battle Creek River
  • Rabbit River
    • Little Rabbit River
• Leland River, also called the Carp River
• Lincoln River
• Little River
• Little Brevoort River
• Little Fishdam River
• Lake Macatawa
  • Macatawa River
• Manistee River
  • Manistee Lake
    • Little Manistee River
  • Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford Counties), also called South Branch of Mainstee River
• Manistique River
  • Creighton River
  • Driggs River
  • Fox River
    • Little Fox River
  • Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft Counties)
  • Manistique Lake
    • Shoepac River
• Menominee River
  • Little Cedar River (Mennominee County)
  • Shakey River
  • Sturgeon River (Dickenson County)
  • Pine River (Dickenson County)
  • Brule River
    • Paint River
      • Net River
      • Hemlock River
        • Little Hemlock River
    • Iron River (Iron County)
  • Michigamme River
    • Fence River
      • Mitchigan River
    • Kelso River
    • Deer River
    • Spruce River
    • Peshekee River
• Milakokia River
• Millecoquins River
• Moran River
• Muskegon River
  • Maple River (Muskegon County)
  • Little Muskegon River
  • Hersey River
  • Middle Branch River
  • Clam River
• Ogontz River
• Pentwater River
• Pere Marquette River
  • Baldwin River
• Pigeon River (Ottawa County)
• Pine River (Charlevoix County)
• Platte River
• Pointe aux Chenes River
• Rapid River (Delta/Marquette Counties)
• Rock River (Mackinaw County)
• Saint Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
  • Dowagiac River
  • Paw Paw River
  • Pigeon River (St. Joseph County)
  • Fawn River
    • Little Fawn River
  • Prairie River
  • Rocky River
  • Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph Counties)
  • Coldwater River (Branch County)
    • Sauk River
• Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta Counties)
• Tacoosh River
• Walton River
• White River (Muskegon/Oceana Counties)
• Whitefish River

Tributaries of Lake Superior

• Anna River
• Au Train River
• Big Betsy River
• Big Garlic River
• Big Iron River
  • Rapid River (Ontonagon County)
• Big Siskiwit River
• Black River (Gogebic County)
  • Little Black River (Gogebic County)
• Blind Sucker River
  • Dead Sucker River
• Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon Counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River
• Carp River (Luce County), probably non-existant
• Carp River (Marquette County)
• Carp River (Ontonagon) also called Inlet Creek
• Chocolay River
• Cranberry River
• Dead River
  • Little Dead River
• Duck River, also called Duck Creek (Ontonogan County)
• Eagle River
• East Sleeping River
• Elm River
• Falls River
• Firesteel River
• Flintsteel River
• Floodwood River
• Gratiot River
• Graveraet River
• Huron Bay
  • Ravine River
  • Slate River (Baraga County)
• Huron River (Baraga/Marquette Counties)
• Hurricane River
• Iron River (Marquette County)
  • Lake Independence
    • Yellow Dog River
• Laughing Whitefish River
• Litle Betsy River (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• Little Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon Counties)
• Little Carp River (Baraga County)
• Little Cranberry River
• Little Elm River
• Little Garlic River
• Lac La Belle
  • Little Gratiot River
• Little Huron River
• Little Iron River
• Little Siskiwit River
• Little Two Hearted River
• Mineral River
• Miners River
• Misery River
  • Little Misery River
• Montreal River (Gogebic County)
• Montreal (Keweenaw County)
  • Medora River
• Mosquito River
• Ontonagon Rver
  • Baltimore River
  • Jumbo River
  • Tamarack River
  • Lake Gogebic
    • Slate River (Gogebic County)
      • Pelton River or Pelton Creek
• Pine River (Marquette County)
  • River Styx (Marquette County)
  • Cliff River
• Portage River (Houghton County)
  • Snake River
  • Portage Lake
    • Pike River
    • Pilgrim River
    • Torch Lake
      • Trap Rock River
    • Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton Counties)
      • Silver River (Baraga/Houghton Counties)
      • Little Silver River
      • Perch River
      • Otter Lake
        • Otter River
          • Sante River
          • Little Otter River
      • Rock River (Baraga County)
        • Worm Lake
          • Murphy River
          • Vermilac River
            • King Lake
      • Tioga River
• Potato River
• Presque Isle River
  • Little Presque Isle River
• Rock River (Alger County)
• Salmon Trout River (Houghton County)
• Salmon Trout River (Marquette County)
• Sand River
• Shelldrake River
• Silver River (Baraga County)
• Silver River (Keweenaw)
• Siskiwit River
• Sucker River
• Tahquamenon River
  • Hendrie River
  • Sage River
• Tobacco River (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• Traverse River
• Two Hearted River
• Union River
  • Little Union River
• West Sleeping River

Tributaries of Lake St. Clair

• Clinton River
• Milk River
• Saint Clair River
  • Belle River
  • Pine River (St. Clair County)
  • Black River (Sanilac/St.Clair Counties)
• Salt River (Macomb County)

See also

List of rivers, List of rivers in the United States, List of rivers of the Americas