4 LOWER PENINSULA. 



counties. From the same swell of land the river Raisin ema- 

 nates, flowing eastward into Lake Erie. 



Raisin River enters the lake near Monroe ; it drains the southern 

 part of Washtenaw County through Saline Creek, Macon Creek, and 

 through its main north arm, which, bending west, enters the south- 

 east corner of Jackson County, and draws its branches from a 

 number of small lakes. The south branches of the river have 

 the drainage of the larger part of Lenawee County, and an arm ex- 

 tends southward into the State of Ohio. The west part of Lena- 

 wee and the south part of Hillsdale counties send a portion of their 

 waters southward to the Maumee River in Ohio. The St. Joseph's 

 River, Kalanriazoo River, and Grand River almost touch each other 

 within the small area of a few square miles in the county of Hills- 

 dale. 



The St. Joseph's River, originating in a number of small lakes 

 and marshes in Hillsdale, flows through the southeast corner of 

 Calhoun County into Branch County and St. Joseph County. It 

 leaves the State at the southwest corner of St. Joseph, and enters 

 it again in the southeast corner of Berrien County with a northerly 

 direction, to enter finally Lake Michigan at the village of St. Jo- 

 seph. 



The streams which form the headwaters of the Kalamazoo 

 River take their rise in Scipio, Moscow, and Somerset townships, in 

 Hillsdale County. The river runs north to Albion, and flows in a 

 due west direction to Kalamazoo, whence it bends northwest, inter- 

 secting Allegan County, and falls into Lake Michigan near Sauga- 

 tuck. 



Grand River springs from a few lakes in Liberty township, in the 

 south part of Jackson County, and from a number of other lakes in 

 the northeast quarter of the county. It runs north through Ingham, 

 Eaton, Clinton, Ionia, Kent, and Ottawa counties, when it opens 

 near Grand Haven into Lake Michigan. On the east side of this 

 water-shed a few more rivers deserve notice. 



Huron River collects its waters from innumerable lakes and 

 marshes in Livingston and Oakland counties ; first it flows south- 

 west ; at Dexter it turns southeast and retains this direction, pass- 

 ing through Washtenaw and Wayne counties, until it enters Detroit 

 River in the northern corner of Monroe County. 



Clinton River drains the eastern part of Oakland County and all 

 of Macomb County, entering Lake St. Clair near Mount Clemens. 



