The Montreal River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed February 3, 2012 river on the

Keweenaw Peninsula The Keweenaw Peninsula ( , sometimes locally ) is the northernmost part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States, leading to its moniker of "Copper Country." As o ...

of the U.S. state of

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

. The Montreal River contains several rare plants and habitat, falls, and

archeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscape ...

sites; the lower portion of the Montreal River to Smith Fisheries is lowland conifer and contains steep slopes. There are three major

waterfalls A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

, and several smaller rapids. In 2002, the state of Michigan purchased in a two-phase acquisition. It includes over of shoreline, and covers the Montreal River from the mouth and up for several miles. File:Montreal River Upper Falls.jpg, The Upper Falls of the Montreal River, showing the rugged shoreline and predominantly

coniferous Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extant ...

forest File:Montreal Falls at Night.jpg, Lower Montreal Falls at night

References

Rivers of Michigan Rivers of Keweenaw County, Michigan Tributaries of Lake Superior {{KeweenawCountyMI-geo-stub