The Whitefish River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The mouth of the river is in Delta County

Delta County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...

 at 45°54′34"N 86°58′01"W on the Little Bay De Noc

Little Bay de Noc

Little Bay de Noc is a bay in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The bay opens into Lake Michigan's Green Bay.The bay, consisting of approximately 30,000 acres , is enclosed by Delta County...

 of Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

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. The main branch of the river is formed by the confluence of the east and west branches at 46°03′25"N 86°52′17"W.

The east branch rises out of Trout Lake in southwest Alger County

Alger County, Michigan

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. The west branch rises in southeast Marquette County

Marquette County, Michigan

-National protected areas:* Hiawatha National Forest * Huron National Wildlife Refuge* Ottawa National Forest -University:Northern Michigan University is a four-year university, established in 1899, located in Marquette, Michigan, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula...

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The river is 45 miles (72 kilometers) long.

See also

• Laughing Whitefish River
  Laughing Whitefish River
  The Laughing Whitefish River is located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river rises in eastern Marquette County and flows east and then north through Alger County to the mouth on Lake Superior at a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan...
  
  , which flows north through Alger County