Carp Lake River

Carp Lake River
Country United States
Basin
Main source Emmet County, Michigan
45°41′09″N 84°46′47″W / 45.6858°N 84.7797°W / 45.6858; -84.7797[1]
River mouth Lake Michigan, Michigan
45°44′59″N 84°49′45″W / 45.7497°N 84.8292°W / 45.7497; -84.8292Coordinates: 45°44′59″N 84°49′45″W / 45.7497°N 84.8292°W / 45.7497; -84.8292
Physical characteristics
Length 10.5 mi (16.9 km)

The Carp Lake River is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km)[2] river in Emmet County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Michigan, joining it 5 miles (8 km) 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Carp Lake River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. "The National Map" (National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data). Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ Tansey, Carrie (August 2008). "Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) Draft Recovery Plan" (PDF). US Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3. Retrieved February 25, 2011.



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