Pigeon River (Huron County, Michigan) Explained

Pigeon River
Mouth Location:	Saginaw Bay, Huron County, Michigan
Mouth Coordinates:	43.9458°N -83.2801°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Mouth Elevation:	581feet

The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a 37.9adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan.

The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains in southern Sheridan Township. It flows north and west to empty into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Caseville

Tributaries

From the mouth:

(left) Rush Lake Drain
- Rush Lake
(left) Fisher Drain
- (right) Thompson Drain
(left) Van Drain
- (left) Fluegge Drain
- (left) Bechler Drain
(right) Newman Drain
(left) Gorke Drain
(right) West Branch Extension
- (right) Hinton Drain
(left) Schultz Drain
(right) Hartman Drain
(left) Beaubien Drain
(right) Little Pigeon River, also known as West Branch Pigeon River
- (right) Matthews Drain
  - Mud Lake
- (left) Huron Drain
  - (left) Moore Drain
  - (left) McComb Drain
  - (right) Rawson Drain
  - (left) Crawford Drain (in Tuscola County)
  - (right) Knight Drain (in Tuscola County)
  - (right) Muntz Drain (in Tuscola County)
(left) Blair Drain
- (left) Clift Drain
(right) Jordan Drain
(right) Moore Drain^[2]
(left) Patterson Drain
(left) Appin Drain
- (right) Shier Drain
  - (left) North Branch Shier Drain
- (right) Reid Drain
(right) Livingston Drain

Notes and References

U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 7, 2011
- (left) Elk Drain