# West Branch Laughing Whitefish River

West Branch Laughing Whitefish River is a stream in [Onota Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7ccb-7662-b52e-c2786078e87d), [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (11.2 km long), in the [Rock River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402020102)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c66-77a7-8d39-9fa6ee2953bc) watershed; it flows into [Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d545-7153-97ad-81e3ec1dec9c).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d96a786c56fc>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8) › [Onota Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7ccb-7662-b52e-c2786078e87d)

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

Location: 46.46299, -87.04987 (box -87.07950, 46.39944, -87.05011, 46.46394; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622101](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d97397ef2e11)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d545-7153-97ad-81e3ec1dec9c)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa3-767e-8767-2c5df6d79f9e)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1690-7270-af32-d91fe7ae0685)
  - [shape of West Branch Laughing Whitefish River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa3-767e-8767-2c5df6d79f9e)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 11248.4 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Rock River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC10 0402020102)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c66-77a7-8d39-9fa6ee2953bc)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d9698d9569ca)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-689f-7583-b3f8-f90b3779dcd2)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15b5-719c-bd24-61d089fbb48b)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Onota Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7ccb-7662-b52e-c2786078e87d)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Laughing Whitefish River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34861151](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34861151) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622101](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622101) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.46299&mlon=-87.04987#map=14/46.46299/-87.04987) (46.46299, -87.04987)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.46299,-87.04987)
- [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

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34861151 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7934-7795-8e1d-d4dc56693d8c)

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Cite as: West Branch Laughing Whitefish River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d959-70d2-842e-d96a786c56fc
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