Grand River
The Grand River is the name of several rivers in different countries.
Grand River, Ontario
The Grand River watershed is located in Southern Ontario. The watershed consists of all the land that drains into the Grand River through tributary creeks and rivers such as the Conestogo, Speed, Eramosa and Nith.
The Grand River flows through the town of Fergus, the village of Elora, the city of Waterloo, the city of Kitchener, the city of Cambridge, and the city of Brantford before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie.
Because a watershed is an ecosystem with natural borders, it includes and crosses many township and county boundaries. The Grand River watershed is Southern Ontario's largest, stretching from Dundalk in the north to Lake Erie in the south.
The watershed (7000 square kilometers or 2600 square miles) has been recognized by the designation of the Grand as a Canadian Heritage River.
Grand River, Michigan
The Grand River is the longest river in Michigan. It runs 260 miles through Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven before reaching Lake Michigan. It drains an area of 5572 square miles (14,431 km2). The Grand River carries an average 3800 cubic feet per second. It has several dams along its length but is a trout and salmon stream for much of its length.
It is estimated that 22% of the pesticide usage in the Lake Michigan watershed occurs in the Grand River drainage which accounts for only 13% of the total watershed. Much of the basin is flat and it contains many swamps and lakes; although, there is an elevation difference of 700 feet between the source and mouth of the river.
Tributaries are the Red Cedar River, Looking Glass River, Maple River, Flat River, Thornapple River, and the Rogue River.
A 500 passenger dinner cruise ship modeled after a riverboat operates on the river in Lansing.
External Links Map of the Grand River Watershed
Grand River, Missouri
Grand River, Ohio
Grand River, Oklahoma
Grand River, Wisconsin
Grand River, South Dakota
Populated places called Grand River
There is also the town of Grand River, Ohio, Grand River, Louisiana, Grand River, Iowa and Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa, Grand River Township, Madison County, Iowa, Grand River Township, Wayne County, Iowa, Grand River Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Grand River Township, Bates County, Missouri, Grand River Township, Cass County, Missouri, Grand River Township, Daviess County, Missouri, Grand River Township, De Kalb County, Missouri, Grand River Township, Livingston County, Missouri, Grand River Township, Bowman County, North Dakota and Grand River Township, Perkins County, South Dakota