The Baldwin River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed November 21, 2011 stream
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in the U.S. state of
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.
The river rises out of Wide Waters
on the southern edge of the Baldwin Luther Swamp
in
Newkirk Township,
Lake County at . Several tributaries rise in the hills to the east of the swamp, and one stream labeled as the Baldwin River on
USGS
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topographic maps rises in
section
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23 just southwest of the village of
Luther
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.
The river flows south into
Cherry Valley Township then to the southwest into the village of
Baldwin, where it is joined by Sanborn Creek. The GNIS entry for Baldwin River records the mouth as being on the Sanborn Creek at .
However, USGS topographic maps show the stream continuing southwest into the
Pere Marquette River
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labeled as both the Baldwin River and Sanborn Creek. The GNIS entry for Sanborn Creek indicates it is also known as the Baldwin River. The stream empties into the Pere Marquette at
and thence into
Lake Michigan
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.
The river is notable in American history as the location of the first introduction of
brown trout
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(''Salmo trutta'') into U.S. waters when on April 11, 1884 the
U.S. Fish Commission released 4900 brown trout fry from the
Northville, Michigan
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fish hatchery into the river.
Tributaries
From the mouth on the Pere Marquette River:
* (right) Sanborn Creek
** (right) Foreman Lakes
* (right Leverentz Lake
* (right) Cole Creek
** (right) South Branch Cole Creek
** (left) North Branch Cole Creek
*** Big Spring
* Wide Waters
* Baldwin Luther Swamp
References
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Rivers of Michigan
Rivers of Lake County, Michigan
Tributaries of Lake Michigan