 Along with a corner of Galien Township, the southern part of the township is the only part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is part of the drainage of the Mississippi River, and with the Michigan shore of Lac Vieux Desert in the Upper Peninsula, is one of two such areas in the state.As of the census of 2000, there were 2,380 people, 903 households, and 700 families residing in the township.The population density was 68.9 per square mile (26.6/km2).