# Laughing Whitefish River

Laughing Whitefish River is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (31.2 km long), in the [Nodaway Point-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0418000001)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f26-72d2-95cf-36dfd969113e) watershed; it flows into [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d545-7153-97ad-81e3ec1dec9c>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place), [schema:RiverBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/RiverBodyOfWater)

Location: 46.52494, -87.02848 (box -87.14536, 46.36682, -87.02356, 46.52036; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1620496](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d546-74a7-9a33-5fd4921d0dd4)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Superior](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d154-7649-b19b-081f619c450a)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dcdc-7413-8093-8de89376b360)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-115f-72d5-a219-78fa3cbcbf45)
  - [shape of Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dcdc-7413-8093-8de89376b360)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 31199.5 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Nodaway Point-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0418000001)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f26-72d2-95cf-36dfd969113e)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d545-7153-97ad-81e2dc407a92)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-6579-7667-8227-dc75ca12ac57)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1923-71fb-aada-d53e5a05907d)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [Rock River Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7994-7732-9dba-8cdf94104f26)
  - [Skandia Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a5d-7097-a678-c204bd75c9a7)
  - [Onota Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7ccb-7662-b52e-c2786078e87d)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Adikameg Sibi
  - Little Laughing Whitefish River
  - Te kun aig pwa pit
- `skos:prefLabel`: Laughing Whitefish River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q14716188](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716188) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1620496](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1620496) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.52494&mlon=-87.02848#map=14/46.52494/-87.02848) (46.52494, -87.02848)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.52494,-87.02848)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Flowing into it (2; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Dorsey Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d381-746c-87e1-d060d06c50d3)
  - [West Branch Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d96a786c56fc)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14716188 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7900-71e4-9501-f7375369be2e)

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Cite as: Laughing Whitefish River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d545-7153-97ad-81e3ec1dec9c
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