# Murphy River

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{{short description|River in northern Michigan}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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The '''Murphy River''' is a {{convert|6.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} river in [Baraga County](/source/Baraga_County%2C_Michigan) on the [Upper Peninsula](/source/Upper_Peninsula) of [Michigan](/source/Michigan) in the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref>{{cite web |title=Report for: Murphy River |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:633144,Murphy%20River |website=USGNIS |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref> It is a tributary of [Worm Lake](/source/Worm_Lake_(Michigan)), the outlet of which is the [Rock River](/source/Rock_River_(Sturgeon_River)), which flows to the [Sturgeon River](/source/Sturgeon_River_(Houghton_County%2C_Michigan)) and eventually to [Lake Superior](/source/Lake_Superior).

==See also==
*[List of rivers of Michigan](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Michigan)

==References==
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*[https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mi/nwis/current/?type=flow Michigan  Streamflow Data from the USGS]

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Category:Rivers of Michigan
Category:Rivers of Baraga County, Michigan
Category:Tributaries of Lake Superior

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