Switzerland in the Roman era after which the area began to be occupied by Germanic peoples. The Swiss plateau, within the natural borders of the Alps to the South and East, Lake Geneva and the Rhône to the west and the Rhine to the north, was recognized as a contiguous territory by Julius Caesar. This area had been dominated by the La Tène culture since the 5th century BC, settled by a mostly Celtic population (Gauls), of which the Helvetii were the most numerous, but which also included the Rauraci in north-west Switzerland centered on Basel, and the Allobroges around Geneva. South of the Swiss
West Branch Manistique River and eventually discharges its flow through Klegstads Slough into the main stem of the Manistique River. The mouth of the swampy river is about northeast of Manistique. West Branch Manistique River West Branch Manistique River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Alger County, flows southeast into Schoolcraft County, and discharges into the Manistique River. Its principal tributary is the Creighton River. Much of the river's course flows through wetlands that are a part of the Lake Superior State Forest, a semi-protected land area. Despite the name of the state forest,