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ELECTION - MAY 5, 2020
CHAR-EM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ABSENTEE APPLICATIONS WILL
BE MAILED TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS
CONTACT DONNA MCDOUGALL
231-529-6590 OR 231-838-4012
BURT TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING
MAY 7, 2020 - 7:00 PM
TELEPHONE 1-866-678-6823
CODE 7861936#
BURT TOWNSHIP
PLANNING COMMISSION
MAY 14, 2020 - 7:00 PM
REMOTE MEETING
1-866-678-6823
CODE 7861936#
BURT TOWNSHIP TRAIL COMMITTEE MEETING
MAY 18, 2020 - 7:00 PM
REMOTE MEETING (ABOVE PHONE NUMBER & CODE)
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING
MAY 22, 2020 - 7:00 PM
RE: VARIANCE REQUEST FOR TBD NUMBERS ROAD, CHEBOYGAN
(JAMES & PATRICIA THOMS) TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY BUILDING
40' X 64' WHICH IS 760 SQ FT LARGER THAN THE ALLOWED 1800 SQ FT.
REMOTE MEETING (ABOVE PHONE NUMBER & CODE)
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).
Burt Township 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.