Editing Sugar Island Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Sugar Island Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Satellite view of Sugar Island
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]

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|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=[[Michigan Townships Association]]|url=https://michigantownships.org/find-a-township/?fips=77020|title=Sugar Island Township, Chippewa County, Michigan|date=2023|accessdate=October 13, 2023}}</ref>
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Mark Eitrem
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Brittany Behm
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1857

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|area_total_km2           = 198.03
|area_land_km2            = 127.82
|area_water_km2           = 70.21
|area_total_sq_mi         = 76.46
|area_land_sq_mi          = 49.35
|area_water_sq_mi         = 27.11

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 653
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|population_density_sq_mi = 13.2

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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
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|elevation_m              = 180
|elevation_ft             = 591
|coordinates              = {{coord|46|27|55|N|84|12|17|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 49783 ([[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 906|906]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-77020<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1627131<ref>{{GNIS|1627131}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://sugarislandtownship.com/|Official website}}
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'''Sugar Island Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 653 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].  The township consists of [[Sugar Island (Michigan)|Sugar Island]], several smaller islands, and the surrounding waters in the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]].

Some of its land is within the reservation of the [[Bay Mills Indian Community]], a federally recognized tribe and band of Chippewa who have long been in the region of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]. Native Americans make up one-third of the population on the island.

==History==
The [[Ojibwe]] (known as Chippewa in the United States) occupied the island and nearby areas for at least 500 years. Among the federally recognized tribes in Michigan is the [[Bay Mills Indian Community]], which has territory on Sugar Island.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|76.46|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|49.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|27.11|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (35.46%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States census]]| accessdate = January 13, 2023|page=19 Michigan}}</ref>

The township is located directly east of the city of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], and is connected to the city by a [[ferry]]. [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]], is to the northwest across the St. Marys River, but with no direct transportation connection.  Sugar Island 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]], [[Drummond Township, Michigan|Drummond Township]], [[Bois Blanc Township, Michigan|Bois Blanc Township]], [[Mackinac Island, Michigan|Mackinac Island]], [[Peaine Township, Michigan|Peaine Township]], and [[St. James Township, Michigan|St. James Township]].

==Communities==
* '''Homestead''' is an [[unincorporated community]] on the southeastern end of the island at {{Coord|46|20|17|N|84|07|21|W}}<ref>{{GNIS|628516|Homestead, Michigan}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 683 people, 294 households, and 211 families residing in the township. In 2020, its population was 653.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sugarislandtownship.com Sugar Island Township official website]

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[[Category:Townships in Chippewa County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1857]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan]]