The Crooked River (Michigan) is a river in
Emmet and
Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of
Michigan
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. It is a short stream, long,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed November 21, 2011 flowing northeast from
Crooked Lake at near
Alanson into
Burt Lake at .
It forms part of the
Inland Waterway
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of Michigan. The river is the subject of the
Sufjan Stevens song "Alanson, Crooked River" from his 2003 album
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
.
References
Rivers of Michigan
Rivers of Emmet County, Michigan
Rivers of Cheboygan County, Michigan
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