Sugar Island (Michigan)

Sugar Island is an island in the U.S. state of Michigan in the St. Marys River between the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. The entire island constitutes Sugar Island Township in Chippewa County at the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula. According to the 2000 census there were 683 people living on a land area of 128.06 km² (49.44 sq mi). [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_G001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.1447413419125896|dh=0.07565724625317631|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-84.43320788259282|cy=45.74691039516325|zl=4|pz=4|bo=318:317:316:315:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:392:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=06000US2609709500&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=06000US2603377020&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=06000US2609709500&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Sugar Island Township, Chippewa County] United States Census Bureau]

The island lies between Lake George and Lake Nicolet, and to the north of Neebish Island and St. Joseph Island. Pine Island is just east of its southern tip.

The island has large undeveloped areas, and both the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians have interests on the island. The Sault Tribe consider it to be part of their ancestral homelands.

The University of Michigan Biological Station operates the Osburn Preserve, a 3,200 acre (13 km²) tract near the southern tip of the island.

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