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The St. Joseph River (known locally as the St. Joe) is a 210-mile-long (340 km) river that flows in a generally westerly direction through southern Michigan and northern Indiana, United States, before emptying into Lake Michigan. The St. Joseph River drainage basin covers 4,685 square miles (12,130 km 2), and is the third largest watershed draining to Lake Michigan. The land within its bounds ...
The St. Joseph River (Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) [1] is an 86.1-mile-long (138.6 km) [2] tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.
Portage River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) [3] river that flows southward through Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan. Its headwaters are 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Kalamazoo at Portage Lake, and the river flows southwest to its mouth within the city limits of Three Rivers, where it drains into the St. Joseph River.
The St. Joseph River also allowed for connection with the Sauk Trail, which was the major land trail through Michigan. In 1669, the mouth of the river was seen by European explorers. French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, built Fort Miami on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. [8]
Silver Beach County Park is a park located in St. Joseph, Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River. [1] It was formerly Silver Beach Amusement Park, an amusement park, which operated between 1891 and 1971.
Pleasant Lake is a 262-acre lake located near Three Rivers in the Michigan county of St. Joseph. [1] The lake is 53 feet in maximum depth. [2] [3] The lake was surveyed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1996. The survey uncovered significant panfishery resources in the form of bluegill and yellow perch.
Michigan likely has the most Hope of any state with two townships, a port, a college, a pair of lakes and a town called Hope Creek.
Corey Lake is a small, inland lake in Southwestern Michigan located just outside Three Rivers, and is home to Camp Eberhart and Camp Wakeshma. [ 1 ] The lake is lined with homes and a few restaurants that have views of the water. Recreational water sports such as boating, sailing, water skiing, and jetskiing are popular on the lake during the ...