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Two Hearted River

Two Hearted River proper noun: a river in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, which runs for 23.6 miles (38.0 km) through forested wilderness, and drains into Lake Superior.

Proper noun

Two Hearted River

  1. A river in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, which runs for 23.6 miles (38.0 km) through forested wilderness, and drains into Lake Superior.
    • The wetland is in a low valley formed by the changing path of the Two Hearted River. On either side of the valley is a steep wall of about 25 feet. […] No streams flow through the wetland, but the Two Hearted River flows past […]1981, FWS/OBS., page 261
    • Mouth of the Two Hearted River Lake Superior State Forest When author Ernest Hemingway began writing a short story about his fishing experiences on the Fox River near Seney, he decided the river's name was not poetic enough. So he replaced it with the Two Hearted even though most historians believe...2005, Jim DuFresne, The Complete Guide to Michigan Sand Dunes, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 167

Forms of Two Hearted River

alternative formTwo-Hearted River

Origin of Two Hearted River

Uncertain. Suggestions include: * The river has distinct 'northern' and 'eastern' branches, "two hearts pumping to form the main river". (However, each of these branches is further subdivided, and there is also a 'western' branch.) * One branch draws from the Two Hearted Lakes, which have fancifully been considered heart-shaped. However, they are not really heart-shaped, and may (like the Little Two Hearted Lakes slightly further east) derive their name from the river. * The name may reference some quality of the area's inhabitants. For example, it has been suggested that they were so generous people said they "had two hearts".

Questions about Two Hearted River

What does Two Hearted River mean?
Two Hearted River means a river in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, which runs for 23.6 miles (38.0 km) through forested wilderness, and drains into Lake Superior.
What part of speech is Two Hearted River?
Two Hearted River is a proper noun.

Words near Two Hearted River in the dictionary

  1. Two Guns
  2. two ha'pennies for a penny
  3. Two Harbors
  4. two heads are better than one
  5. Two Hearted
  6. Two Hearted River
  7. two hundred
  8. two hundred fifty-sixth note
  9. two hundred fifty-sixth notes
  10. two in the pink, one in the stink
  11. Two Jags

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