Tahquamenon

Related Category: U.S. Physical Geography

(təkwä´mənən, –mənŏn´´), river, c.80 mi (130 km) long, rising in the E Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing E and NE to Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. It was once a well-known logging river. It is noted for its waterfalls and is celebrated in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hiawatha.