Mouth Burt Lake | Country United States of America | |
Main source Livingston Township, Otsego County, Michigan River mouth Burt Lake in Tuscarora Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan
597 feet (182 m) | ||
Sturgeon River is a 40.8-mile-long (65.7 km) river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly northward through Otsego and Cheboygan counties.
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Map of Sturgeon River, Michigan, USA
The Sturgeon River rises in Livingston Township, Otsego County, near the city of Gaylord at 45°01′49″N 84°38′18″W. It flows into Burt Lake in the community of Indian River. A channel formerly flowed into the Indian River at 45°24′47″N 84°36′36″W, but the main course of the river now empties directly into Burt Lake.
The West Branch Sturgeon River rises in southeast Charlevoix County at 45°07′49″N 84°47′55″W and flows 17.5 miles (28.2 km) to the main stream at 45°16′19″N 84°36′03″W in Wolverine.
The Little Sturgeon River rises in Cheboygan County northeast of Wolverine at 45°17′55″N 84°33′37″W and flows north on a course generally parallel to the Sturgeon River. The mouth of the Little Sturgeon River is at 45°24′19″N 84°36′32″W on the former channel of the Sturgeon River that flows into the Indian River.
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From the mouth: