Black River is an 81 miles (130.4 km) river in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

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, flowing into the St. Clair River

St. Clair River

The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair, forming part of the international boundary between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan...

 at 42°58′19"N 82°25′06"W in the city of Port Huron

Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Sarnia,...

. The Black River Canal in northern Port Huron extends east into Lake Huron

Lake Huron

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 near Krafft Road.

The river rises in northern Sanilac County

Sanilac County, Michigan

-Highways:* M-19* M-25* M-46* M-53* M-81* M-90-History:Sanilac County was probably named for a Wyandot chief named Sanilac. See List of Michigan county name etymologies....

, near the boundary with Huron County

Huron County, Michigan

-Highways:* M-19* M-25* M-53* M-142-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 36,079 people, 14,597 households, and 10,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 43 people per square mile . There were 20,430 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...

, at 43°41′00"N 82°48′55"W and its drainage basin covers most of the central and southern portions of Sanilac County, most of northern St. Clair County

St. Clair County, Michigan

-Interstates:* I-69 enters the county from the west, coming from Lansing and Flint, terminating at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron....

, and portions of east central Lapeer County

Lapeer County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 87,904 people, 30,729 households, and 23,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 134 people per square mile . There were 32,732 housing units at an average density of 50 per square mile...

. Large sections of the upper portion of the river and much of its drainage basin are heavily channelized for agricultural irrigation.

Main stream from the mouth to Mill Creek

• (left) Stocks Creek
  • (right) Price Drain
  • (left) Baldwin Drain
• (right) Black River Canal
  • Howe Drain
    • (left) Warner Drain
    • (right) Brandymore Drain

Mill Creek

• (left) Mill Creek
  • (left) Gleason Drain
  • (left) White Drain
  • (left) Sheehy Drain
    • (right) Thody Drain
  • (left) Thompson Drain
  • (right) Sanilac and Saint Clair Drain
    • (right) Cole Drain
  • (right) Ohmer Drain
  • (left) Middleton Drain
  • (left) Meharg Drain

North Branch Mill Creek

• (right) North Branch Mill Creek
  • (right) Wait Drain
  • (right) Root Drain
    • (right) Kenney Drain
  • (left) Flansburg Drain
  • (left) East Goodland Drain
  • (right) Willoughby Drain
    • (left) Evans and McKillen Drain
    • (left) Willoughby Branch
      • (right) Scott Drain
      • (left) Toman Drain
  • (right) Clarkson Drain
    • (left) Courter Drain
  • (right) Madison Drain
  • (left) Stevenson Drain
    • (right) West Branch Stevenson Drain
  • (left) Crowe Drain
  • (right) Wilkie Drain
  • (left) Anchor Drain

Elk Lake Creek

• (left) Elk Lake Creek
  • (right) Brant Lake Drain
    • (right) Pickerel Lake
      • Devall Drain
    • (right) Simmons Lake
    • (left) Cranberry Lake
      • Mitchell Lakes
    • (right) Winn Drain
  • Stanton Lakes
    • Rose Lake
  • (right) Mud Lake Drain
    • Mud Lake
  • (left) Lombar Drain
    • (right) Cadillac Drain
  • (right) Swamp Corners Drain
    • (right) Barber Drain
    • (left) Elgin Drain
  • Elk Lake

South Branch Mill Creek

• South Branch Mill Creek
  • (right) Frasier Drain
  • (right) Black Segate Reid Drain
  • (left) Lynn Mussey Drain
    • (left) Kaufman Drain
  • (left) Kolb Drain
  • (right) Galley Drain
  • (left) Weitzig Drain
  • (left) Mudcat Drain
    • (left) Wendt Drain
    • Petz Lake
      • Hughes Drain
        • Sans Lake
          • Baines Lake
            • Jurn Drain
  • (left) Bunde Drain
  • (right) Brandy Run

Main stream from Mill Creek to Black Creek

• (left) Glyshaw Drain
• (left) O'Dette Drain
• (left) Plum Creek
  • (right) Engles Drain
    • (left) Pohly Drain
• (left) Silver Creek
  • (right) Wilson Drain
    • (left) Fueslein Drain
  • (right) Eves Drain
  • (left) Jackson Drain
    • (right) Hayes Drain
• (left) Mason Drain

Black Creek

• (left) Black Creek (also known as Seymour Creek)
  • (right) William Doan Drain
  • (left) Allen Drain
  • (right) Seymour Creek (also spelled Seymore Creek)
    • (right) Lawson Drain
    • (left) Crouce Drain
    • (right) Perry Drain (also known as Seymour Creek)
    • (left) Bradley Creek
  • (left) Willey Drain
  • (left) Jackson Creek
    • (left) Robertson Drain
      • (right) Livergood Drain
    • (left) Teets Drain
  • (right) McIntyre and Willing Drain
  • (left) Lavell Drain

Main stream from Black Creek to Elk Creek

• (left) Mills Creek
• (left) Arnot Creek
  • (left) McClelland Drain
  • (right) Smith Drain
  • (left) Taylor Drain
• (right) Freeman Drain
• (left) Wagner Drain
• (left) Papst Drain
  • (right) Murray Drain
• (right) Kelly Creek
  • (left) Kelly Drain

Elk Creek

• (left) Elk Creek (also known as Elk River)
  • (right) Recor Drain
  • (right) Meyers Drain
  • (right) Alexander Drain
    • McPherson Drain
  • (right) Methven Drain
  • (left)Potts Drain (also known as Potts Creek)
    • (right) Rickett Drain
    • (right) Miller Drain
    • (left) Roskey Drain
      • (left) Harlan Drain
    • (left) Baum Drain
    • (right) Rickett Drain
    • (left) French Drain
    • (right) Spring Creek Drain
      • (left) Cork Drain
        • (right) Putney Drain
    • (right) Engle Drain
    • (left) Topping Drain
    • (right) Thomas Drain
    • (left) Hunt Drain
    • (right) Cline Drain
  • (right) Watertown State Drain
    • (right) Lynch Drain
  • (left) Parks Drain
  • (left) Mullen Drain
  • (right) Smalldon Drain
  • (right) Colebough Drain
  • (right) Beals Frizzle Drain
    • (left) Hale Drain
      • (right) Johnson Barrett Drain
      • (right) Eggert Drain
        • (left) Cummer Drain
          • (right) Severance Drain
  • (right) McElhinney Drain
    • (right) Barr Drain
  • (right) McDonald Drain
    • (right) Phillips Drain
    • (right) Eagle Drain
    • (left) Setter Drain
      • (right) Welch Drain
  • (left) Powers Drain
  • (left) East Branch Speaker and Maple Valley Drain
    • (left) Fletcher Drain
      • (left) McGauley Drain
        • (right) Bowers Drain
      • (left) Bowers Drain
    • (right) Shell Drain
    • (right) Macklem Drain
    • (left) Mullaney Drain
      • (left) Beemer Drain
      • (right) Weston Drain
  • (right) Elk Flynn and Maple Valley Drain
    • (left) Jones Drain
      • (left) Omard Drain
  • (left) Smafield Drain
  • (right) Lapeer and Sanilac Drain
  • (left) Hydorn Drain
  • (left) Valley Center Drain
  • (right) Varney Drain
  • (left) York Drain
  • (right) Scott Drain

Main stream above Elk Creek

• (right) Carsonville Drain
• (left) McPherson Drain
• (right) McDonald Drain
• (right) Shrapnell Drain
• (left) Berry Drain
  • (right) Fye Drain
    • (left) Baerwolf Drain
    • (right) Kinney Drain
    • (right) Graves Drain
    • (left) Custer County Drain
  • (right) Dwight Drain
    • (left) Dunlap Drain
    • (left) Stone Drain
      • (left) Howse Drain
    • (left) Badgero Drain
    • (right) Bradshaw Drain
  • Dunlap Drain
  • (left) Black Drain
• (left) Wilkins Drain
• (left) O'Connell Drain
• (left) Nicol Drain
  • (right) Anderson Drain
    • (left) Freel Drain
• (right) Pyette Drain
  • Deckerville Reservoir
• (left) Smith Drain
• (right) Flannigan Drain
• (right) Pelton Drain
  • (right) Grandy Drain
• (left) Thompson Drain
• (right) Bishop Drain
  • (left) McManus Drain
  • (right) Terpinning Drain
• (left) Carrol Drain
  • Monroe Drain
    • Richie Drain
      • Hewitt Drain
• (left) Hewitt Carroll Drain
• (right) Darlington Drain
  • (right) Doggan Drain
• (right) Lloyd Drain

Lapeer County

• Arcadia Township
  Arcadia Township, Lapeer County, Michigan
  Arcadia Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,197 at the 2000 census. The township was organized in 1857.- Communities :...
  
  
• Attica Township
  Attica Township, Michigan
  Attica Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,678 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Burnside Township
  Burnside Township, Michigan
  Burnside Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,920 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Goodland Township
  Goodland Township, Michigan
  Goodland Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,734 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Imlay Township
  Imlay Township, Michigan
  Imlay Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,713 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
  
  

St. Clair County

• Brockway Township
  Brockway Township, Michigan
  Brockway Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,900.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land....
  
  
• Clyde Township
  Clyde Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
  Clyde Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,523 at the 2000 census.The township is named for the River Clyde in Scotland. In 1825, a Scotsman Robert Smart, with the backing of Detroit interests, built a mill on the Black River. Smart...
  
  
• Emmett Township
  Emmett Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
  Emmett Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,506 at the 2000 census. The village of Emmett is located within the township. Emmett Township was set off from Clyde Township in 1850...
  
  
• Fort Gratiot Township
  Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan
  Fort Gratiot Charter Township is a charter township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,691 at the 2000 census. It is named for Fort Gratiot an American fort located there off and on between 1814 and 1879.-Communities:...
  
  
• Grant Township
  Grant Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
  Grant Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,667.- Communities :...
  
  
• Greenwood Township
  Greenwood Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
  Greenwood Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,373 at the 2000 census.- Communities:...
  
  
• Kenockee Township
  Kenockee Township, Michigan
  Kenockee Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*Avoca is an unincorporated community situated on M-136 about 15 miles northwest of Port Huron at...
  
  
• Kimball Township
  Kimball Township, Michigan
  Kimball Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 8,628.-Communities:...
  
  
• Lynn Township
  Lynn Township, Michigan
  Lynn Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,187 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Mussey Township
  Mussey Township, Michigan
  Mussey Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,740 at the 2000 census.The village of Capac is located within the township....
  
  
• Port Huron
  Port Huron, Michigan
  Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Sarnia,...
  
  
• Port Huron Township
  Port Huron Township, Michigan
  Port Huron Charter Township is a charter township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,615 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Yale
  Yale, Michigan
  Yale is a city in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,063 at the 2000 census. Yale is considered unofficially as the Bologna Capital of the world, in part due to its . Yale bologna is sold in grocery stores throughout the area. Yale is also home to the Yale...
  
  

Sanilac County

• Applegate
  Applegate, Michigan
  Applegate is a village in Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 287. Applegate is in the southeast corner of Washington Township on the boundary with Sanilac Township.-History:...
  
  
• Argyle Township
• Bridgehampton Township
  Bridgehampton Township, Michigan
  Bridgehampton Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 911.- Communities :...
  
  
• Brown City
  Brown City, Michigan
  Brown City is a city in Lapeer and Sanilac counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,334 at the 2000 census. The city is located almost exclusively in Sanilac County, with only a small portion of the city extending into Lapeer County....
  
  
• Buel Township
  Buel Township, Michigan
  Buel Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,237.- Communities :There are no incorporated municipalities in the township....
  
  
• Carsonville
  Carsonville, Michigan
  Carsonville is a village in Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 502. The village is situated at on the boundary between Bridgehampton Township and Washington Township, with about half the village in each.The village began with a store...
  
  
• Croswell
  Croswell, Michigan
  Croswell is a city in Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,467 at the 2000 census.-Geography:*According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....
  
  
• Custer Township
  Custer Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Custer Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,036 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Deckerville
  Deckerville, Michigan
  Deckerville is a village in Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 944 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Delaware Township
• Elk Township
  Elk Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Elk Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,584 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* Peck is a village in the southern part of the township at the junction of M-90 and M-19...
  
  
• Elmer Township
  Elmer Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Elmer Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 790 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Flynn Township
• Fremont Township
  Fremont Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Fremont Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 913.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lexington Township
  Lexington Township, Michigan
  Lexington Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,688 at the 2000 census. The village of Lexington is located within the township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Maple Valley Township
  Maple Valley Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Maple Valley Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,114 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
  
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Marion Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,803 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Melvin
  Melvin, Michigan
  Melvin is a village in Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 160. The village is within Speaker Township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Minden Township
  Minden Township, Michigan
  Minden Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 633 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Moore Township
• Peck
  Peck, Michigan
  Peck is a village in Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 599. The village is in Elk Township.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land....
  
  
• Sandusky
• Sanilac Township
  Sanilac Township, Michigan
  Sanilac Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,609 at the 2000 census. The village of Port Sanilac is within the township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Speaker Township
  Speaker Township, Michigan
  Speaker Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,408 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Washington Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,636 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-History:...
  
  
• Watertown Township
  Watertown Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Watertown Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,376 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• Wheatland Township
  Wheatland Township, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Wheatland Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 530 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
  
• Worth Township
  Worth Township, Michigan
  Worth Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,021 at the 2000 census.- Communities :There are no incorporated municipalities in the township....