The Ford River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...
on the
Upper Peninsula of
Michigan in the
United States.
The Ford River was named for
Thomas Ford, 8th Governor of Illinois.
See also
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List of rivers of Michigan
References
Michigan Streamflow Data from the USGS
Rivers of Michigan
Tributaries of Lake Michigan
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