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Presque Isle - B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles)
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B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles)
| Usual Difficulty | II-IV (may vary with level) |
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| Length | 7.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient | 20 fpm |
| Max Gradient | 58 fpm |
Gauge Information
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| BLACK RIVER NEAR BESSEMER, MI | ||||
| usgs-04031000 | 2.20 - 10.00 ft | II-IV | 10h10m | ~ 1.28 ft (rc= -0.1 ) |
River Description
Put-in: broken bridge on Underwood Tower Road
Take-out: Steigers Bridge on logging road
Reach includes Minnewawa Falls and Nimikon Falls.
Note: There is about 16 miles of low gradient river from the listed take-out of the prior (upper
section) to the put-in for this section.
AW members may click here for Part 1 of an article from the AW Journal, way back in 1981!
AW members may click here for Part 2 of the article.
In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:
Michigan's
Lower Presque Isle,
Middle Black,
Lower Black,
Upper Silver,
Lower Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,
and Wisconsin's
Lower Brunsweiler,
Montreal, W.Fk., and
Montreal Canyon.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-11-11 18:01:52
NWRI - Presque Isle B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles) (mobile)