Pigeon River may refer to the following streams in the U.S. state of Michigan:
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Pigeon River (Huron County, Michigan)
The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state ...
, in
Huron County in
the Thumb
The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Tri-Cities and north of M ...
of Michigan, flowing west and north into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron
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Pigeon River (Mullett Lake)
The Pigeon River is part of the Lake Huron watershed in Michigan in the United States. It is one of many rivers that have their headwaters in Otsego County. The Pigeon River's headwaters start just north and east of Gaylord, Michigan, at the Ot ...
, with headwaters in Otsego County, flowing mostly northward through Montmorency and Cheboygan counties into
Mullett Lake
Mullett Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lake is named after John Mullett, who, together with William A. Burt, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843. A neighboring lake was named after Burt. Hist ...
** South Branch Pigeon River, a tributary of the Pigeon River in Otsego County
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Pigeon River (Ottawa County, Michigan)
The Pigeon River is a small river flowing to Lake Michigan on the western Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is approximately longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data froThe Nat ...
, rising in
Ottawa County's
Olive Township, flowing east to west into Pigeon Lake and then Lake Michigan at Port Sheldon
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Pigeon River (St. Joseph River), rising in northern Indiana and flowing mostly westward through southern Michigan into the
St. Joseph River near the Michigan-Indiana border northwest of Elkhart, Indiana
See also
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Little Pigeon River (Michigan) Little Pigeon River may refer to the following streams in the U.S. state of Michigan:
* Little Pigeon River (Mullett Lake), in Cheboygan County, flows north and west into Lake Mullett at Pigeon River Bay, at nearly the same place as the Pigeon Ri ...
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Rivers of Michigan
Set index articles on rivers of Michigan