As in Tacoosh River, Delta County, Michigan.  Probably Native American origin.

Howdy yooperjlm-ga,

I am guessing that it is derived from the Native American
word "tatoosh" which appears to mean "thunder" or "thunder
bird."  Some excerpts I have found follow.

"... the name could either mean 'milk' or "breasts" (Tatooche) or
'thunder,' 'fire from thunder' (Tatootshe)."

"... named it after Chief Tatooche of the Makah Indians. Tatoosh
means Thunderbird."

"In 'Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest', Judson (1916, p.
v) speaks of 'Tatoosh the Thunder Bird ...' ..."

If you want, I could work the above into a more detailed Answer.

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

Yooperjlm --

I hate to be the skeptic here but Upper Michigan is a L-O-N-G way from
the coastal Indians of the Makah tribe.  Linguistic commonalities are
bound to be even further.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA
Mukilteo, WA

True enough, omnivorous-ga.  But, considering that I live near a place
named Cotopaxi, place names can travel even longer distances than from
Washington to Michigan, such as from Ecuador to Colorado.

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

Probably from the Chippewa/Ojibwe, the native people of the area. Compare:

Place names
http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/placenames.html


"Tahquamenon  From the Ojibwe for "this is a short route" (Ou=this +
takou=it is short + minan=trail or path).  This name refers originally
to Tahquamenon Bay, which the Indians used as a shortcut while
traveling.   The bay has a small island in it that facilitated the
"shortcut" from Whitefish Point across the open and at times dangerous
bay.  The name was later given to the River that enters into the bay."

takou = it is short

hlabadie-ga

Yooperjlm --

I think hlabadie-ga is getting close.  See the notes from the web link
below on Ludington & Royce's early surveys of the area, which note
that nearby Escanaba, MI was named using a Chippewa word.  The Tacoosh
empties into the N end of Little Bay de Noc at the town of Rapid
River.

There were Potawatomi tribes with many different names in the area. 
The Bays de Noc means "Bays of the Noke Indians," one of the
Potawatomi tribes of the area.

Bays de Noc Convention & Visitors Center
http://deltafun.com/trivia.html

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA