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resultant erosion. The residents of Farwell Lake have been very actively working to restore the once pristine quality of that lake. A municipal area sewer system branch has been added and great efforts are being made to educate lake users about keeping fuels, lawn chemicals and fertilizers, etc. out of the water. The property owners are hopeful that the dam will be removed and allow the headwaters to flow naturally again and restore the lake to its natural sandy shoreline.
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By the mid-19th century, several communities had grown up along the River as mill towns and commercial centers: Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Parchment, Plainwell, and Otsego. After the Civil War and into the 20th century, various industries, from cereal production to pharmaceuticals to automobile parts,
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In the late 1950s, a developer at the North Branch headwaters (Farwell and Pinehill Lakes) was allowed to build a dam which raised the level of both of those lakes so that he might operate a commercial marina. The dam caused many soil sediments to enter the lake through the raised water level and
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contamination of the river. Sewage effluent, other industrial discharges, and trash also contributed to the pollution of the river. For many years in the 1940s to 1960s, the river was an "eyesore" and most people did their best to avoid it. Beginning in the 1970s with the federal
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Archeological evidence indicates humans have used the Kalamazoo River basin continuously for more than 11,000 years. At the time of European contact, the Kalamazoo River area was inhabited primarily by members of
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that flows into the Kalamazoo, initially causing two homes to be evacuated, and prohibitions against fishing and swimming to be posted. The
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designation of a 35-mile (56 km) section from Kalamazoo to Allegan Dam. Many species of fish inhabit the river, including
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Also known as Otsego Township Dam. Removed 2015-2016 and replaced by a temporary structure, which itself was removed in 2018.
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flourished. Several communities became sites for paper production, which used the river for water intake and waste discharge.
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drains an area of approximately 2,020 square miles (5,200 km) and drains portions of ten counties in southwest Michigan:
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The north and south branches of the Kalamazoo River originate within a few miles of each other. The south branch begins near
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and his companions were probably the first Europeans to glimpse the mouth of the Kalamazoo in 1675 as they returned from
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in origin, the exact meaning is obscure and various definitions have been suggested. See the article on the
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Great Lakes Environmental & Molecular Sciences (GLEAMS) Center, focuses on Kalamazoo River & PCBs
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leaked more than 1 million US gallons (3,800 m) of tar sands also known as
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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A list of major dams on the Kalamazoo River. The Plainwell Dam was removed in 2009.
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before joining the north branch at the forks of the Kalamazoo River in
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in northeastern Hillsdale County and flows north and west through
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resource Damage Assessment
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Some of the larger tributaries of the Kalamazoo are Rice Creek,
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oil spill is the costliest onshore cleanup in U.S. history.
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After Albion, the Kalamazoo flows mostly westward through
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Index


North Adams
41°59′05″N 84°30′59″W / 41.98476°N 84.51633°W / 41.98476; -84.51633
Jackson County
42°05′47″N 84°28′38″W / 42.09643°N 84.47717°W / 42.09643; -84.47717
Mouth
Lake Michigan
42°40′36″N 86°12′55″W / 42.67669°N 86.21531°W / 42.67669; -86.21531
Marshall
Battle Creek
Comstock
Allegan
New Richmond
river
U.S. state
Michigan
Lake Michigan
watershed
Allegan
Barry
Eaton
Van Buren
Kalamazoo
Calhoun
Jackson
Hillsdale
Kent
Ottawa
New Richmond
Saugatuck

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