Laughing Whitefish River

Laughing Whitefish River

The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the 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 coord|46|31|30|N|87|01|43|W| a few miles north of Deerton, Michigan. The total watershed of the Laughing Whitefish River is convert|36|sqmi|km2|0.Fact|date=February 2007

A notable attraction near Sundell is the Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site. [http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=422] The Nature Conservancy has established a convert|1728|acre|km2|0|sing=on preserve that includes three-quarters of the lake as well as over convert|1000|acre|km2|0 of surrounding wetlands and upland forest. [http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/michigan/preserves/art16972.html]

Jurist John D. Voelker, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, published the novel "Laughing Whitefish" in 1965 under his pen name, Robert Traver.


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