Potagannissing River | |
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Native name | Bootaagan-mnising-ziibi (Ojibwe) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Chippewa |
Township | Drummond |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Drummond Island |
• coordinates | 45°58′49″N 83°34′01″W / 45.9802993°N 83.5669398°W / 45.9802993; -83.5669398 |
Mouth | Potagannissing Bay |
• coordinates | 46°02′17″N 83°40′12″W / 46.0380768°N 83.6700004°W / 46.0380768; -83.6700004 |
The Potagannissing River (Anishinaabe: Bootaagan-minising-ziibi (syncope as Bootaagan-mnising-ziibi), meaning "River on the Mill Island (Drummond Island)") is an 11.3-mile-long (18.2 km) river in Michigan, located on Drummond Island in Lake Huron.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potagannissing River
- Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 21, 2011
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