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Saginaw river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long and 15-25 mi/24-40 km wide), an arm of Lake Huron. Bay City, a port, is located at the bayhead near the river's mouth, and Saginaw is located upstream. Coal, pig iron, salt, and oil are transported on the river.

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Saginaw, USA Michigan: a river and a city founded in 1816 near Saginaw Bay. The name is an Ojibwa (Chippewa) word meaning ‘Land of the Sauks’, a Native American people.

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	General Motors Agrees to Spend $28 Million to Restore, Protect Saginaw River and Bay Settlement Agreement Calls for Cleanup of PCB-Contaminated River. PR Newswire; 11/24/1998; 700+ words ; ...million to restore and protect the Saginaw River and Bay area. The Saginaw River...he noted. Dredging in the Saginaw River is scheduled to begin in 1999...be provided at two sites on the Saginaw River in Bay City, and at one site...
	-U.S. FWS: General Motors agrees to spend $28 million to restore, protect Saginaw River and Bay settlement. M2 Presswire; 11/25/1998; 700+ words ; ...28 million to restore, protect Saginaw River and Bay settlement (C)1994...he noted. Dredging in the Saginaw River is scheduled to begin in 1999...be provided at two sites on the Saginaw River in Bay City, and at one site...
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	MORE INFORMATION ON NEW DIOXIN HOT SPOT IN SAGINAW RIVER News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/14/2007; 688 words ; ...consuming fish from the Saginaw River system have higher than average...in their blood. The new Saginaw River sample came from a location...Tittabawassee and Shiawassee Rivers, roughly adjacent to Wickes Park in Saginaw. EPA, Michigan Department...
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	MDCH Issues Interim Fish Consumption Advisory for the Saginaw River Newspaper article from: La Prensa; 11/23/2007; ; 622 words ; ...found in sediments in the middle of the Saginaw River channel just off shore Wickes Park. The...contamination in the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers. Fish living or migrating in the Saginaw River will accumulate dioxins, mostly in the...
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