Sturgeon River may refer to any of the following streams in the U.S. state of Michigan:
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Sturgeon River (Delta County, Michigan) — The Sturgeon River rises as outflow of Sixteenmile Lake in
Alger County at and flows primarily southward into the
Big Bay de Noc
Big Bay de Noc is a bay in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The bay, which opens into Lake Michigan's Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay, is enclosed by Delta County, Michigan, Delta County. The Gard ...
at .
** The West Branch Sturgeon River rises at and flows southeast into the main stream at .
** A post office named Sturgeon River opened near the mouth of the river on July 23, 1891. The name was changed to St. Jacques on June 22, 1904. It closed on November 30, 1913, re-opened April 11, 1919, and was discontinued on July 31, 1955.
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Sturgeon River (Houghton County, Michigan)
The Sturgeon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 river in Baraga County and Houghton counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. of the river were ...
— The Sturgeon River rises in
Baraga County at near
Nestoria and empties into
Portage Lake in the Keweenaw Waterway at .
** The West Branch Sturgeon River rises in western
Houghton County at and enters the main branch at at
Pelkie.
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Sturgeon River (Cheboygan County, Michigan)
Sturgeon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through Otsego and Cheboygan countie ...
— The Sturgeon River rises in
Otsego County near
Gaylord and flows into
Burt Lake
Burt Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named after William Austin Burt, who, together with John Mullett, made a federal survey of ...
in the community of
Indian River. A channel formerly flowed into the
Indian River at , though the main course of the river now empties directly into Burt Lake.
** The West Branch Sturgeon River rises in southeast
Charlevoix County at and flows into the main stream at in
Wolverine
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.
** The
Little Sturgeon River rises in
Cheboygan County
Cheboygan County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,579. The county seat is Cheboygan. The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from Michilimackinac County. ...
northeast of Wolverine at and flows north on a course generally parallel to the Sturgeon River. The mouth of the Little Sturgeon River is at on the former channel of the Sturgeon River that into the Indian River.
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Sturgeon River (Dickinson County, Michigan) — The Sturgeon River rises from the confluence of the East and West branches at and empties into the
Menominee River
The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dec ...
at near
Norway
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.
** The East Branch Sturgeon River rises at in central Dickinson County.
** The West Branch Sturgeon River rises in west central Dickinson County at .
*** The North Branch Sturgeon River rises at also in west central Dickinson County and flows into the West Branch at .
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Rivers of Michigan
Set index articles on rivers of Michigan