Superior Township is a

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of Chippewa County in the

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. The population was 1,276 at the 2020 census. The federally recognized

Bay Mills Indian Community The Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) (Ojibwe: Gnoozhekaaning, lit. "Place of the Pike"), is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many federally recognized Sault Ste. Marie bands of Ojibwe. The largest section of the reservati ...

has part of its land base reservation in Superior Township, based west of Brimley. It operates two casinos on its reservation, one of which is in Superior Township, to generate funds for education and welfare of its people.

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is also within the township on the shores of

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Geography

Superior Township is located in north of the center of Chippewa County. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.62%, is water. The Delirium Wilderness is located several miles south of the community of Raco and extends into Kinross Township to the south.

Communities

* Brimley is an

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and

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(CDP) in the north of the township. *Raco is an unincorporated community on M-28, about southwest of Brimley. The name comes from the acronym of the Richardson & Avery COmpany.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,329 people, 515 households, and 384 families residing in the township. In 2010, its population then grew to 1,337.

References

External links

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