Ford River (Michigan)

Ford River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Michigan
Mouth
• location	45°40′20″N 87°08′30″W

The Ford River is a 108-mile-long (174 km)[1] tributary of Lake Michigan on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.

The Ford River was named for Thomas Ford, 8th Governor of Illinois.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Michigan

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 19, 2011
2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 71.

• Michigan Streamflow Data from the USGS