Description
3.7 mi long; heads in Michigamme State Forest in Ely Township at the outlet of Brocky Lake, flows generally SW into Escanaba River State Forest and Champion Township to enter the Middle Branch Escanaba River 1.8 mi NE of Champion; T48N, Rgs29&28W, Michigan Meridian
History
named for Herman and Bertha Klippel, who in 1896 homesteaded on property adjacent to the stream