Pere Marquette River

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river

The Pere Marquette River is a scenic, free-flowing river in western Michigan renowned for its trout and salmon fishing, paddling opportunities, and largely undeveloped natural surroundings.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Little South Branch Pere Marquette River 1
Middle Branch Pere Marquette River 1
Père Marquette River 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PM River ⓘ
Pere Marquette River ⓘ
surface form: Père Marquette River
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
environmentalCharacteristic coldwater stream ⓘ
forested riparian corridor ⓘ
fishSpecies Atlantic salmon (stocked, in some periods) ⓘ
Chinook salmon ⓘ
brown trout ⓘ
coho salmon ⓘ
rainbow trout ⓘ
steelhead ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Michigan ⓘ
hasDesignation National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ
surface form: National Wild and Scenic River
hasRegulation special fishing regulations on some reaches ⓘ
hasTributary Baldwin River ⓘ
Pere Marquette River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little South Branch Pere Marquette River

Pere Marquette River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle Branch Pere Marquette River
hydrologicalCharacteristic free-flowing ⓘ
length approximately 66 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Michigan ⓘ
West Michigan ⓘ
surface form: western Michigan
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Lake County, Michigan ⓘ
Mason County, Michigan ⓘ
Newaygo County, Michigan ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Lake Michigan ⓘ
Ludington, Michigan ⓘ
namedAfter Jacques Marquette ⓘ
notableFor canoeing ⓘ
fly fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
largely undeveloped river corridor ⓘ
paddling ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
scenic natural surroundings ⓘ
steelhead fishing ⓘ
trout fishing ⓘ
partOf National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ
surface form: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
passesThrough Huron-Manistee National Forests ⓘ
protectedBy National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
recreationalUse camping along river corridor ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
region Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin
riverMouth Ludington, Michigan ⓘ
Pere Marquette Lake ⓘ
sourceLocation Lake County, Michigan ⓘ
near Baldwin, Michigan ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pere Marquette River → alsoKnownAs → Pere Marquette River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Père Marquette River
Pere Marquette River → hasTributary → Pere Marquette River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Branch Pere Marquette River
Pere Marquette River → hasTributary → Pere Marquette River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little South Branch Pere Marquette River
Lake Michigan → inflow → Pere Marquette River ⓘ