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==Geography== [[File:Drummond, MI post office.jpg|thumb|250px|right|U.S. Post Office in Drummond Island]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|644.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|333.9|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|311.0|km2|disp=flip}}, or 48.23%, is water.<ref name="USCB">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Drummond Island township, Chippewa County MI |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603323080 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212145428/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603323080 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref> The island is dominated by forest, with cliffs on the eastern side, which are part of the [[Niagara Escarpment]]. Most of the island, approximately {{frac|2|3}}, is state land owned by the state of Michigan.<ref>{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |author-link = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |date = April 18, 2016 |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/Reference-map_all_Drummond_Island_map.pdf |title = Drummond Island |scale = [c. 1:202,752] |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date = May 25, 2019 }}</ref> The island hosts a rare environment known as [[alvar]], a grassy limestone plain found only in a few places worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |first = Betty |last = Bailey |date = n.d. |url = http://www.drummondislandchamber.com/index.php?page=Alvar |title = Alvar |publisher = Drummond Island Tourism Association |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161119173945/http://www.drummondislandchamber.com/index.php?page=Alvar |archive-date = November 19, 2016 }}</ref> Drummond Island is the largest island in the [[Manitoulin Island]] chain to be part of the United States. Drummond Township is one of only seven municipalities in the state of Michigan to consist entirely of islands, including [[Grosse Ile Township, Michigan|Grosse Ile Township]], [[St. James Township, Michigan|St. James Township]], [[Bois Blanc Township, Michigan|Bois Blanc Township]], [[Mackinac Island, Michigan|Mackinac Island]], [[Peaine Township, Michigan|Peaine Township]], and [[Sugar Island Township, Michigan|Sugar Island Township]]. ===Climate=== {| |- |{{climate chart | Drummond Island | -14| -9| 72 | -16| -11| 55 | -10| -4| 48 | -5| 4| 114 | 3| 11| 84 | 9| 16| 79 | 15| 19| 107 | 17| 22| 96 | 14| 18| 103 | 3| 10| 127 | 0| 6| 83 | -4| 2| 66 |float=left |clear=left |source = <ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web|url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|access-date= 30 January 2016|publisher= NASA|archive-date= August 6, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035941/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status= dead}}</ref> }} |} ===Major highways=== * {{jct|M|134|state=MI}} is the sole highway serving the island. The Drummond Island Ferry connects M-134 to the island from [[DeTour Village, Michigan|DeTour Village]]. West of there, M-134 parallels the shore of [[Lake Huron]], until it meets [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] near [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]]. It is one of three [[List of state trunkline highways in Michigan|state trunkline highways]] on islands in Michigan; the others being [[M-154 (Michigan highway)|M-154]] on [[Harsens Island]], and [[M-185 (Michigan highway)|M-185]] on [[Mackinac Island]].
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