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The name 'Manitou Beach' is derived from the Potawatomi name of Devils Lake, "Michemanetue'", meaning, "Lake of God (Michi Mantitou is a variation of the Ojibwe word for the Creator) The Manitou Beach post office was established on March 20, 1889, with Columbus F. Becker as the first postmaster.
The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end. Together, the communities are part of a census-designated place named Manitou Beach–Devils Lake that encompasses the entire lake and the smaller Round Lake to the southeast. The lake drains into Bean Creek on the southwest, just north of ...
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk, Oneida, Wyandot, Abenaki, Shawnee, Mohawk, Seneca, Seminole, Iroquois, and Delaware, although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
Most of the village of Cement City is within the township. A small northern portion extends into Columbia in Jackson County. About half of the village of Addison is within the township. The southern half extends into Rollin Township. A portion of the Manitou Beach–Devils Lake CDP extends into Woodstock Township.
St. James is located in St. James Township at the northern end of Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan. The center of town faces southeast onto St. James Harbor, through which the Beaver Island Ferry arrives from Charlevoix. The northeastern side of the entrance to the harbor is marked by the Beaver Island Harbor Light. The St ...
Devils River is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Alpena County south of the city of Alpena. The mouth is on Thunder Bay of Lake Huron near the small community of Ossineke in Sanborn Township. The north branch rises as the outflow of Devils Lake a few mile north
The entrance to Muskegon Lake from Lake Michigan. The name "Muskegon" is derived from the Ottawa mashkiigong, meaning "marshy river or swamp". [9] [10]The "Masquigon" River (Muskegon River) was identified on French maps dating from the late 17th century, suggesting French explorers had reached Michigan's western coast by that time.
Manistee (/ m æ n ɪ s t i / man-iss-TEE) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. [5] This makes Manistee the fifth-largest city in Northern Michigan.