Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation

Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation
Reservation
Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 46°16′10″N 89°10′40″W / 46.26944°N 89.17778°W / 46.26944; -89.17778Coordinates: 46°16′10″N 89°10′40″W / 46.26944°N 89.17778°W / 46.26944; -89.17778
Country	United States
Population (2000 census)
• Total	135
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in Watersmeet Township of southeastern Gogebic County, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is the landbase for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The reservation has a total land area of 328.04 acres (1.3275 km²), split into two sections in eastern Watersmeet Township. The 2000 census reported a total population of 135 residents. Most of the population lived in the 232.78-acre (0.9420 km²) northern section in the unincorporated community of Watersmeet, near the junction of US routes 45 (US 45) and 2. Only 26 persons lived in the 95.26-acre (385,500 m²) southern section, which is on the north shore of a lake named Lac Vieux Desert, on the Michigan-Wisconsin border.

References

• Lac Vieux Desert Reservation, Michigan United States Census Bureau

External links

• Official website for the Lac Vieux Desert Band

Municipalities and communities of Gogebic County, Michigan, United States
County seat: Bessemer
Cities	Bessemer Ironwood Wakefield
Charter township	Ironwood
General law townships	Bessemer Erwin Marenisco Wakefield Watersmeet
CDPs	Marenisco Watersmeet
Unincorporated communities	Anvil Dunham Hartley Puritan Siemens Tamarack Thayer Wellington
Indian reservation	Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation