Milk River (Michigan)

Milk River
Milk River
	Location within the state of Michigan
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Michigan
Mouth
• location	42°27′38″N 82°52′32″W / 42.46056°N 82.87556°WCoordinates: 42°27′38″N 82°52′32″W / 42.46056°N 82.87556°W

The Milk River is a 1.7-mile-long (2.7 km)^[1] stream in Wayne County and Macomb County, Michigan, flowing into Lake St. Clair. It flows through the cities of Grosse Pointe Woods and St. Clair Shores.

Over half of the river is now underground including the low, inland area of the once swampy Black Marsh Ditch. The decision to contain and bury the river was made August 18th, 1955 at a Draining Board Meeting of officials from the State of Michigan, Macomb County, and Oakland County.^[2] Now only open to the air past the Milk River Pump Station on Parkway Drive.^[3]

References[]

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed November 7, 2011
^ "Three Cities Affected By Board Action" (PDF). Grosse Pointe News. August 18, 1955. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
^ Grosse Pointe Historical Society - Driving Tour

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[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed November 7, 2011

[2] "Three Cities Affected By Board Action" (PDF). Grosse Pointe News. August 18, 1955. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[3] Grosse Pointe Historical Society - Driving Tour

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Milk River (Michigan)

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