The water is notably brown in color from the tannins leached from the cedar swamps which the river drains. This phenomenon is responsible for the alternative local name 'Root Beer Falls'. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahquamenon_Falls)
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Date: 2011-12-27 12:37 pm (UTC)