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Saint Joseph River (Mich.-Ind.)


  • Here are entered works on the river originating in southeastern Michigan, flowing through northeastern Ohio into Indiana, and emptying into the Maumee River. Works on the river originating in south central Michigan, flowing into Indiana, and back into Michigan, and emptying into Lake Michigan are entered under [Saint Joseph River (Mich. and Ind.).]
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  • Variants

    • Saint Joseph River of the Maumee (Mich.-Ind.)
    • St. Joseph River (Mich.-Ind.)
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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Report on the Bacteria Source Tracking Project, 2004:t.p. (St. Joseph River)
    • found: GNIS, July 19, 2007(Saint Joseph River; stream; description: heads in Ohio at the junction to East Fork Saint Joseph River and West Fork Saint Joseph River, trends south-southwest into Indiana to join Saint Marys River to form Maumee River; mouth: 42⁰06ʹ51ʺN 086⁰29ʹ18ʺW; source: 41⁰54ʹ18ʺN 084⁰36ʹ57ʺW [seems to have confused two rivers])
    • found: Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary online, Feb. 27, 2007:Saint Joseph (river, S Michigan, NW Ohio and NE Indiana, unites with St. Mary's River at Fort Wayne in Allen Co., NE Indiana)
    • found: Turner, T.G. Gazetteer of the St. Joseph Valley, Michigan and Indiana, 1867:p. 18 (in Hillside County, Mich., rise the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph of the Maumee)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 19, 2007(St. Joseph River (Maumee River) is a tributary of the Maumee River, approximately 100 mi (160 km) long, in southern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States; it drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie; along with the St. Joseph River of Lake Michigan, it is one of two rivers in the region that somewhat confusingly share the same name but run in generally opposite directions)
    • found: Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer, 1962(St. Joseph River, in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana: rises in Hillsdale County, S. Michigan near source of NW flowing St. Joseph River of Mich. and Ind.; flows SE into Williams Co. in NW Ohio, then SW past Edgerton (Ohio) and through Dekalb and Allen Counties (Ind.) joining St Marys River to form the Maumee at Ft. Wayne; c.100 mi. long)
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on the river originating in southeastern Michigan, flowing through northeastern Ohio into Indiana, and emptying into the Maumee River. Works on the river originating in south central Michigan, flowing into Indiana, and back into Michigan, and emptying into Lake Michigan are entered under [Saint Joseph River (Mich. and Ind.).]
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Saint Joseph River (Mich. and Ind.)]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2007-07-19: new
    • 2007-09-12: revised
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