The Tobacco River is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km)[1] river in Keweenaw County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.[2] It rises at the outlet of Thayer Lake and flows east, then south, to Lake Superior, which it joins near the village of Gay.
Tobacco River | |
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![]() The Tobacco River as it empties into Lake Superior. | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Thayer Lake |
• coordinates | 47.2913111°N 88.2545523°W / 47.2913111; -88.2545523 |
Mouth | Lake Superior |
• location | Gay |
• coordinates | 47.2313101°N 88.1481669°W / 47.2313101; -88.1481669 |
• elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
Length | 14.0 miles (22.5 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bruneau Creek, Snake Creek |
• right | Black Creek |
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