Tahquamenon Falls State Park - tahquamenonfallsblkwhi171554
by Frank J Benz
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park - tahquamenonfallsblkwhi171554
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Frank J Benz
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park covers almost 50,000 acres and is a gorgeous place to visit and spend some time enjoying nature and what it has to offer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A vast majority of the park is undeveloped woods, no road, no buildings and no power lines.
The big attraction of the park, and the reason for its existence is the Tahquamenon River and its waterfalls. The upper falls is one of the largest in the country east of the Mississippi river. The upper falls has a drop of 48 to 50 feet, is more than 200 feet across and has had a maximum of 50,000 gallons per second of water cascading over the edge. The lower falls consist of five smaller falls flowing around an island and while not as dramatic as the Upper Falls they are quite lovely to view.
The water in actuality has a natural amber color to the Tahquamenon River and is created by tannins that are leached from the cedar, spruce and hemlock trees located in the swamps drained by the river. A total of 790 square miles of land drain into the river. The river wanders 94 miles before flowing out into Whitefish Bay. The extremely soft water churned up by the action of the falls creates vast amounts of foam and has been a trademark of the Tahquamenon ever since it was first viewed.
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November 8th, 2017
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