Potagannissing River
| Potagannissing River | |
|---|---|
| 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[1] |
| Mouth | Potagannissing Bay |
• coordinates | 46°02′17″N 83°40′12″W / 46.0380768°N 83.6700004°W[1] |
The Potagannissing River (Anishinaabe: Bootaagan-minising-ziibi (syncope as Bootaagan-mnising-ziibi), meaning "River on the Mill Island (Drummond Island)")[2] is an 11.3-mile-long (18.2 km)[3] river in Michigan, located on Drummond Island in Lake Huron.
See also
References
- ^ a b 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