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{{For|the river in New York|Sheldrake River}}
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| source1 = Sheephead Lake
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| mouth = [[Whitefish Bay]]
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The '''Shelldrake River''' is a {{convert|32|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed January 3, 2012</ref> river in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] on the [[Upper Peninsula]] of [[Michigan]] in the [[United States]]. It flows through [[Tahquamenon Falls State Park]] and the Lake Superior State Forest into [[Lake Superior]].

The Shelldrake River's headwaters are an undefined area in the Betsy Lake Wetland, an [[Eastern Hemlock]] and [[tamarack]] forest in the roadless area of northern Tahquamenon Falls State Park. This wetland, in Chippewa County and adjacent [[Luce County, Michigan|Luce County]], is dominated by Lake Superior-fed rain and snow. For mapping purposes, the Shelldrake River is depicted as flowing out of Sheephead Lake, a little-visited lake in the Betsy Lake Wetland area.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book
| year = 2002
| title = Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.)
| publisher = DeLorme
| location = Yarmouth, Maine
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Much of the Shelldrake River's course passes through the Betsy Lake Wetland, and an alternate name for the river is the "Betsy River".

The Shelldrake River flows generally west-to-east towards its mouth in [[Shelldrake, Michigan]] on [[Whitefish Bay]] of Lake Superior. A dam impounds the river {{convert|8|mi|0}} northwest of Shelldrake; a state-run rustic campground at the dam pond offers 17 spaces, mostly for fishermen seeking [[northern pike]].

Local large mammals include [[moose]] and [[American black bear|black bear]]. There is a noted [[sandhill crane]] nesting ground near the mouth of the river.

[[Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]] camped at the mouth of the Shelldrake on June 18–19, 1820, finding a small village of [[Ojibwa]] who fished for [[freshwater whitefish|whitefish]] in the lake.

The ''Shelldrake River'' should not be confused with the [[Sheldrake River]] in [[Westchester County, New York]].

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Chippewa County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Luce County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Michigan]]
[[Category:Tributaries of Lake Superior]]

Shelldrake River - Revision history

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