Indian River (Mullett Lake)

Indian River
Origin Burt Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Mouth Mullett Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Basin countries United States
Source elevation 594 ft (181 m)[1]
Mouth elevation 594 ft (181 m)[2]

Indian River in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is a 3.9-mile-long (6.3 km)[3] waterway in Cheboygan County that flows from Burt Lake at 45°24′37″N 84°37′19″W / 45.41028°N 84.62194°W / 45.41028; -84.62194 to Mullett Lake at 45°27′05″N 84°34′39″W / 45.45139°N 84.57750°W / 45.45139; -84.57750.[2] The unincorporated community of Indian River is named after the river.

The river is part of the great Inland Waterway of Michigan, by which one can boat from Crooked Lake several miles east of Petoskey on the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan across the northern tip of the lower peninsula's "mitten" to Cheboygan on Lake Huron.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burt Lake
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian River
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 21, 2011
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