Laughing Whitefish River
The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the Whitefish River) is a 19.4-mile-long (31.2 km)[1] stream located on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in eastern Marquette County and flows east and then north through Alger County to its mouth on Lake Superior at 46°31′30″N 87°01′43″W / 46.525°N 87.02861°W a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan. The total watershed of the Laughing Whitefish River is 36 square miles (93 km2).[citation needed]
A notable attraction near Sundell is the Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site.[2] The Nature Conservancy has established a 1,728-acre (7 km2) preserve that includes three-quarters of the lake as well as over 1,000 acres (4 km2) of surrounding wetlands and upland forest.[2]
Jurist John D. Voelker, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, published the novel Laughing Whitefish in 1965 under his pen name, Robert Traver.
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed January 3, 2012
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