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Devils Elbow, Michigan
East Bay Charter Township is a charter township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,589 at the 2020 census, up from 10,663 at the 2010 census. It is one of three charter townships in Grand Traverse County, and is the second-most populous township in Northern Michigan, behind neighboring Garfield Township. The northern portion of the township is adjacent to Traverse City and is part of that city's urban area. The southern portion remains largely rural, with many small lakes. East Bay Township is the location of Traverse City State Park. History East Bay Township was organized in January 1867. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (5.76%) is water. The township lies at the head of the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, from which the township takes its name. The north of East Bay Township is heavily urbanized, while the south remains more rural, with rolling hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charter Township
A charter township is a form of Local government in the United States, local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. While all townships in Michigan are organized governments, a charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediate between those of a Administrative divisions of Michigan#City, city (a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in Michigan) and a Administrative divisions of Michigan#Villages, village. Unless it is a home-rule village, a village is subject to the authority of any township in which it is located. Of Michigan's 1,240 townships, 139 are charter townships. A number of charter townships are among the most populous List of municipalities in Michigan, municipalities in Michigan. For example, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, Clinton Township and Canton, Michigan, Canton Township, both in Metro Detroit, were respectively the 8th and 9th most populous municipalities in Michi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan (also known as Northern Lower Michigan and colloquially within Michigan as "Up North") is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The region, which is distinct from the more northerly Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale, which are also located in the north of the state, is bounded to the west by Lake Michigan, and to the east by Lake Huron. The Upper Peninsula is accessible from the region via the Mackinac Bridge. While the region's southern boundary is not precisely defined, most definitions include the northernmost 21 counties of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula, which had a population of 506,658 people at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Its largest cities are Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City, Cadillac, Michigan, Cadillac, Alpena, Michigan, Alpena, Ludington, Michigan, Ludington, Manistee, Michigan, Manistee, and Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey. Like the Upper Peninsula, Northern Michigan is a popular tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-72 (Michigan Highway)
M-72 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan, running from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan across the northern part of the Lower Peninsula. The highway connects M-22 in Empire with US Highway 23 (US 23) in Harrisville. It is one of only three Michigan state trunklines that cross the Lower Peninsula, shore to shore. In between, M-72 runs across Northern Michigan woodland, agricultural areas of the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City, and the Au Sable River watershed. The trunkline also provides access to Camp Grayling, a National Guard training facility near the city of the same name. Traffic levels along the highway vary from approximately 800 vehicles a day on the east end to over 32,000 vehicles near Traverse City. M-72 was first designated as a state highway by 1919 along a segment of its current route. It was extended southward in the mid-1920s and westward in the 1940s. One section of the modern highway added to M-72 in 1940 previously ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Township, Michigan
Blair Township ( ) is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 8,994, an increase from 8,209 at the 2010 census. The township lies about south of Traverse City, the largest city in Northern Michigan. Because of this proximity, much of the north of Blair Township is developed, especially within the township-administered communities of Chums Corner and Grawn, while much of the south of the township is rural in nature. Blair Township is the location of Turtle Creek Stadium, the home stadium for the Traverse City Pit Spitters, a collegiate summer baseball team. History The territory of Blair Township has historically been part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi). In 1853, Traverse Township was organized, and comprised all of Grand Traverse County excluding the Old Mission Peninsula. In April 1867, Blair Township was organized from the section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Township, Michigan
Paradise Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,952 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, an increase from 4,713 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. The Village (United States), village of Kingsley, Michigan, Kingsley is located within the township. History Paradise Township was organized in April 1870 from a portion of Traverse Township, Michigan, Traverse Township – Town 25 north, of Ranges 9 and 10 west, and the south half of Township 26 north of Ranges 9 and 10 west. Communities * The village of Kingsley, Michigan, Kingsley is within the township. All of the township south of Mayfield is served by the Kingsley ZIP code 49649. * Mayfield, Michigan, Mayfield is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community within the township a few miles north of Kingsley. * Summit City is an unincorporated community within the township, several miles southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Union Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 514 at the 2020 Census, making it the least populous township in the county. Much of Union Township is protected by the Traverse City Management Unit of the Pere Marquette State Forest. History Union Township was organized in October 1884. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.2 km), of which 35.8 square miles (92.8 km) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.4 km) (0.47%) is water. The township is located in the east of Grand Traverse County, sharing a boundary with Kalkaska County. The primary source of the Boardman River, the confluence of the river's north and south branches, is located in Union Township. Union Township contains no state trunkline highways. However, US Highway 131 comes within of the township's southeastern corner. Communities * Jacks Landing is an unincorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitewater Township, Michigan
Whitewater Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,688 at the 2020 census, an increase from 2,597 at the 2010 census. Whitewater Township includes shores on Elk Lake and Lake Skegemog, two large lakes in the Chain of Lakes. A portion of the township is within the Grand Traverse Indian Reservation. History Whitewater Township was organized in October 1859 from part of Traverse Township. This makes it Grand Traverse County's third township, after Traverse Township and Peninsula Township. The township was named after the Whitewater River, which has since been renamed Acme Creek. Communities *Angell (often spelled Angel) is a ghost town in the north of the township. A rail line from Williamsburg to Elk Rapids was built in the area in 1892. Angell was established as a depot and post office on the line, with the post office lasting from 1892 to 1909. The community was located at . *Mabel (sometimes spelled Mab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acme Township, Michigan
Acme Township ( ) is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 4,456, a slight increase from 4,375 at the 2010 census. The southwestern portion of the township is largely urbanized, due to its proximity to Traverse City. Much of the rest of the township is agricultural, with the area being a cherry growing hotspot. The township lies upon the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. A portion of the township is within the Grand Traverse Reservation. Acme Township takes its name from the Greek word, ''acme'', meaning "summit". Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.63%) is water. The township has a shore on the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Adjacent townships * Elk Rapids Township, Antrim County (north) * Whitewater Township (east) * East Bay Township (south) * Penins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Lake (Grand Traverse County, Michigan)
Spider Lake is a “all-sports” lake located about twenty minutes southeast of Downtown Traverse City in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It is part of the Boardman River watershed. Spider Lake teems with bass, bluegill, perch, pike, and crappie contained within of shoreline. There are several vacation rentals and small resorts all around the lake as well as jet-ski rentals and many other water sports. See also *List of lakes in Michigan This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The United States, American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes, Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: * 62,798 lakes ≥ * 26,266 la ... References Lakes of Grand Traverse County, Michigan Lakes of Michigan {{GrandTraverseCountyMI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbutus Lake (Michigan)
Arbutus Lake ( ) is a lake in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha is located on the northeastern shore of the lake, and some of its common activities, such as rowing and fishing, take place on the lake. The lake is composed of five smaller lakes, numbered Lakes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, ordered from south to north. Arbutus Lake, as well as the other Forest Lakes, is a part of the Boardman River The Boardman River ( '), also known as the Ottaway River ( ') or the Boardman–Ottaway River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the north ... watershed. References Lakes of Grand Traverse County, Michigan {{GrandTraverseCountyMI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardman River
The Boardman River ( '), also known as the Ottaway River ( ') or the Boardman–Ottaway River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It rises in western Kalkaska County, and flows west and north through Grand Traverse County to end in downtown Traverse City at the Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The river's watershed drains an area of through a combined of river and tributaries. Additionally, the Boardman River is considered one of the top ten trout streams in Michigan. History Prior to European settlement, the river was known as ''adaawewiziibi'', roughly translating from Ojibwe as "river of trade". In the year 1847, Captain Horace Boardman of Naperville, Illinois, purchased land at the head of Grand Traverse Bay, at a river then known as the Ottaway River. With the arrival of Hannah-Lay in the 1850s, the riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kettle (landform)
A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers, which become surrounded by sediment deposited by meltwater streams as there is increased friction. The ice becomes buried in the sediment and when the ice melts, a depression is left called a kettle hole, creating a dimpled appearance on the outwash plain. Lakes often fill these kettles; these are called kettle hole lakes. Another source is the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake and when the block melts, the hole it leaves behind is a kettle. As the ice melts, ramparts can form around the edge of the kettle hole. The lakes that fill these holes are seldom more than deep and eventually fill with sediment. In acidic conditions, a kettle bog may form but in alkaline conditions, it will be Mire, kettle peatland. Overview Kettles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
