The St. Joseph, Rivers of Michigan Series

The St. Joseph River starts at Lake Baw Beese in southeastern Michigan and moves westward. At about the 100 mile marker it dips suddenly south through the most heavily populated area in northern Indiana before veering northward and exiting into Lake Michigan at St. Joseph, Michigan. Once lined with mills and factories, today much of its banks are parkland and walking trails. Canoeists and kayakers have joined the fishermen on the river. There is even a whitewater course. The story is told with many maps, old postcards, and a mile by mile survey of what you will find on the river.