Burt Township

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Welcome

WELCOME TO BURT TOWNSHIP!

Burt Township is located on the western border of Cheboygan County, which is situated in the north central part of northern Michigan’s lower peninsula. While technically Burt Township is one standard geographic township in area, slightly more than half of the Township is water (Burt Lake).

OUR HISTORY

Burt Township takes its name from Burt Lake, which in turn was named after state surveyor William Burt. The lake is part of an important inland water route, stretching from Crooked Lake and Conway (nine miles from Petoskey) in the south to Lake Huron in the north via the mouth of the Cheboygan River. Native Americans used the route prior to European settlement and it was heavily used for
commercial transportation of logs in the second half of the 1800s.

 

In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Michigan Central Railroad and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad laid track through to Cheboygan, leading to the foundation of many villages, including that of Burt Lake. About the time lumbering was slowing down, the resort business began to build in the area, creating the beginnings of the seasonal tourist industry still important today. The water route is still in use and frequented by many small pleasure craft.

CAlendar

November 2023

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10.29.2023
10.30.2023
10.31.2023
11.1.2023

11.2.2023

Township Board Meeting 11.2.2023 7:00 pm
11.3.2023
11.4.2023
11.5.2023
11.6.2023
11.7.2023
11.8.2023

11.9.2023

Planning Commission Meeting 11.9.2023 7:00 pm
11.10.2023
11.11.2023
11.12.2023
11.13.2023
11.14.2023
11.15.2023
11.16.2023

11.17.2023

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 11.17.2023 2:00 pm
11.18.2023
11.19.2023
11.20.2023
11.21.2023
11.22.2023
11.23.2023
11.24.2023
11.25.2023
11.26.2023

11.27.2023

Burt Lake Trail Committee 11.27.2023 7:00 pm
11.28.2023
11.29.2023
11.30.2023
12.1.2023
12.2.2023

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