Black River is a 78.8-mile-long (126.8 km) river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through four Northern Michigan counties: Otsego, Montmorency, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan. The Black River flows into the Cheboygan River at 45°36′13″N 84°27′47″W, just south of the city of Cheboygan, and then into Lake Huron. The main branch of the Black River rises in Charlton Township in east-central Otsego County near the boundary with Montmorency County. The East Branch of the Black River rises less than a mile to the east in Vienna Township in Montmorency County. The other major tributaries, Canada Creek, Tomahawk Creek and the Rainy River all rise in northern Montmorency County.
Tributaries (from the mouth):
(left) Beechnut Creek
(left) Myers Creek
(right) Wixon Creek
(left) Spring Creek
(left) Section Seven Creek
(left) Owens Creek(right) Twin Lakes OutletTwin Lakes
(right) Long Lake CreekLong Lake
Black LakeCains Creek
Doriva Beach Creek
Rainy River(left) Cold Creek
(right) Little Rainy River
(left) East Branch Rainy River
Rainy LakeWest Branch Upper Rainy RiverRainy River Flooding formed by the Rainy River damLower Tomahawk LakeUpper Tomahawk Lake
Stony Creek (also known as Strong Creek)
Stewart Creek
Fisher Creek
Upper Black River (portion above Black Lake)(right) Milligan Creek(right) Stony CreekStony Creek Flooding
Adair Creek
(right) Gokee Creek
(right) Weed Creek
(right) Lewis Branch Adair Creek
Dorsey Lake (also known as Duby Lake)
(right) Welch Creek
(right) Gillis Creek
(left) Bowen Creek
(right) Sturgis Creek(right) Lyons Creek
(right) Gregg Creek
(left) Tomahawk CreekFrancis Lake
Little Tomahawk Lake
Tomahawk Creek Flooding (on the boundary between Presque Isle and Montmorency counties)
Twin Tomahawk Lakes
(left) Canada Creek(right) Oxbow Creek(left) Bear Den Lake
(left) Horsehead LakeWildfowl Lake (also known as Upper Horsehead Lake)
(right) Little Joe Lake (also known as Horseshoe Lake)
(left) Lake Geneva (also known as Scotty Lake)Virginia Lake (also known as Perch Lake)
(right) Montague Creek
(right) Van Hetton CreekEast Town Corner LakeWest Town Corner Lake
Muskellunge Lake(left) Pug Lakes
Valentine LakeJackson Lake
Packer Creek
(right) McMasters Creek(left) Little McMasters Creek
(left) West McMasters Creek
(right) Dog Lake
(left) East Branch Black River (rises in the Green Swamp of northwest Montmorency County)Foch LakesTown Line Lakes
(left) Rattlesnake Creek
(right) Stewart CreekStewart Lake (also known as Sally Lake)
(right) Hardwood Creek
(left) Hodge Creek(right) Tubbs Creek
(right) Saunders Creek
Mud Creek(right) Little Mud Creek
