Eastern Upper Peninsula Communities

Luce County

Columbus Township

Columbus Township, located on the western side of Luce County, measures 143.3 square miles, of which 1.74 percent is covered by water. This sparsely populated township is heavily forested and is part of the larger...

Chippewa County

Dafter Township

Dafter Township is located in the central portion of Chippewa County. The township encompasses a geographic area of 47.9 square miles. Dafter was initially founded as a lumber settlement in the late 1870s and was...

Chippewa County

DeTour Township

DeTour Township was organized in 1850 under the name of Warner Township, after its first supervisor. It later became known as DeTour, the French word for “the turn” to denote the turn all water traffic...

Chippewa County

DeTour Village

Today, DeTour Village is a popular destination for paddlers, anglers, boating enthusiasts, and those who enjoy watching the mighty freighters travel through the passage. Onshore, tourists flock to DeTour for bird watching, hiking, and wintertime...

Chippewa County

Drummond Island Township

Drummond Island Township consists of all of Drummond Island – an 83,000-acre haven of forests, inland lakes, and diverse habitat. It is located off the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula and is named after...

Mackinac County

Garfield Township

Garfield Township is located in the western part of Mackinac County and is marked on its southern border by the Lake Michigan shoreline. In fact, the northernmost point of Lake Michigan is designated by a...

Mackinac County

Hendricks Township

Hendricks Township is located in Mackinac County and is bordered to the south by Lake Michigan. This 81.1 square mile township was first settled in the mid-1850s and was known for its fishing and lumbering...

Mackinac County

Hudson Township

Hudson Township, in Mackinac County, is home to the unincorporated communities of Garnet and Rexton. The township covers 69.5 square miles, much of which is state-owned forest lands and is accessible by ORV and snowmobile...

Chippewa County

Hulbert Township

Located on the extreme western end of Chippewa County is Hulbert Township, a 72-square mile municipality and home to Hulbert Lake. Nearly half of the township’s area is owned by the State of Michigan as...

Chippewa County

Kinross Township

Kinross Township is located in the central-most part of Chippewa County and was once the home of the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which closed in 1977. The closure initially exacted a heavy economic toll on...