Carp Lake River Explained

Carp Lake River
Source1 Location:Emmet County, Michigan
Source1 Coordinates:45.6858°N -84.7797°W
Mouth Location:Lake Michigan, Michigan
Mouth Coordinates:45.7497°N -84.8292°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Length:10.5miles

The Carp Lake River is a 10.5adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in Emmet County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Michigan, joining it 5miles west of the Straits of Mackinac. It is fed by Lake Paradise.

The Carp Lake River is one of only five locations in the world where the critically endangered Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) has been found. The area of the river near the Oliver Road crossing revealed four adult specimens in 1997 study and one adult in 1999, but erosion at the road seems to have harmed the habitat and no specimens were found in the last survey conducted in 2003.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Geological Survey . National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data . The National Map . November 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ . March 29, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Tansey . Carrie . August 2008 . Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) Draft Recovery Plan . US Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 . February 25, 2011.