Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§59d River Raisin, Michigan

Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59d

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress says the old River Raisin channel in Monroe County, Michigan, between Monroe Harbor light and Raisin Point is not a U.S. navigable stream; adjoining owners may fill it.

Full Legal Text

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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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 59d

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102