Clark Township, Michigan

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Clark Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,917 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

History

Clark Township was established in February 1905 by the consolidation of Sherwood Township and Cedar Township.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cedar Township was established in March 1887.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

Clark Township is the easternmost township in Mackinac County. It is bordered to the west and northwest by Marquette Township, to the northeast by Chippewa County, and to the south by Lake Huron.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert (22.27%) are water.<ref name=CENS>Template:Cite web</ref> The southern part of the township is home to numerous bays and inlets of Lake Huron, as well the Les Cheneaux Islands.

Communities

Cedarville is an unincorporated community at the junction of M-129 and M-134 at Template:Coord<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> north of the Les Cheneaux Islands, about Template:Convert east of Hessel, and about Template:Convert due south of Sault Ste. Marie. It began as a lumber settlement on the Lake Huron shore in 1884. A post office was established in July 1888.Template:Sfn The ZIP code of 49719 serves most of Clark Township. The Les Cheneaux Historical Association<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> runs the Historical Museum and the Maritime Museum, both in Cedarville.
Coryell Islands in this township had a post office from 1908 until 1958.Template:Sfn
Hessel is an unincorporated community on M-134 north of Marquette Island, the largest of the Les Cheneaux Islands at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> It was founded in 1885 by two Swedes and a Norwegian, John and Carl Hessel and John A. Johnson, and a post office was established in September 1888.Template:Sfn The ZIP code of 49745 serves Hessel and the western part of Clark Township.<ref>49745 5-Digit ZCTA, 497 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder Template:Dead link, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census</ref> Hessel is the home of the Antique Wooden Boat Show and Festival of the Arts,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which is held annually at the public docks on the second weekend of August. Les Cheneaux Culinary School is also there.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Patrick Landing is a named place in the township approximately one mile southwest of Cedarville on the Les Cheneaux Channel at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref>
Port Dolomite is a commercial port in the eastern end of the township at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> In 2004, it was the 93rd largest port in the United States ranked by tonnage.