| Show no michigan rivers have the treelike tree like pattern thought of in picturing stream it may not help you catch more trout or perch or even bullheads to know that the river which you go fishing in is the longest one in the state or the oldest or the swiftest if the time between bites begins to stretch such information will make your fishing that much more inter esting however says jaak van coe vering in the detroit free press the st joseph river for example is classed by geologists as the old est river in michigan it once drained to the kankakee river and thence to the mississippi at one time the kaisin raisin and the huron were its headwaters the kalamazoo once entered it in the northern part of st joseph county all this informs tion is to be found in michigan today which is a bulletin pub dished by the state department of public instruction the grand is the longest river in michigan but it is made up of old er rivers which have been diverted from the original channels the muskegon has the longest and nar lowest valley 45 miles wide with few tributaries and but one stream of any importance entering from the south it is worth noting that no michigan rivers have the tree like pattern that we usually think of when we picture a river the saginaw is the shortest major river it is only 20 miles long jet et it has the largest drainage area in 10 the state due to its long tributaries tributa ries the shia vassee flint and cass trout fishermen will check the fact that the au all sable river is the swiftest nver in the southern peninsula with a fall fail of feet the shorter rifle is almost as swift as the au sable and one of the few streams in the lower peninsula which flow over rock rapids the ocqueoc in presque isle county is the only river in southern michigan having falls in its course the st clair river is the third youngest river in the state and the only river in the world which flows from a lake yet is forming a delta the detroit river although the wid est 2 feet at woodward avenue was the last river to be formed |
