Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§59d River Raisin, Michigan
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59d
Summary
Congress declares the old River Raisin channel in Monroe County, Michigan, not a navigable U.S. stream. It lets the landowners along that channel fill it in.
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Title 33, §59d
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The old channel of the River Raisin in Monroe County, Michigan, lying between the Monroe Harbor range front light and Raisin Point, its entrance into Lake Erie, is declared to be not a navigable stream of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby given for the filling in of the old channel by the riparian owners on such channel.
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33 U.S.C. § 59d
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73