Pointe Aux Barques Township

Pointe Aux Barques Township is a civil township of in the U.S. state of . The population was 15 at the 2020 census. Pointe Aux Barques is located at the tip of the Thumb on the .
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  • Type: Locality with 15 residents
  • Description: township in Huron County, Michigan
  • Also known as: “Pointe Aux Barques Township, Michigan” and “Township of Pointe Aux Barques”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Austin Light and Turnip Rock.

Lighthouse
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Port Austin Lighthouse is a lighthouse off the shore of , about 2.5 miles north of , sitting on a rocky reef, which is just north of the tip of the Thumb and a real hazard to navigation.

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is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a stack located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small peninsula in Pointe Aux Barques Township which in turn is the extreme tip of The Thumb, a large peninsula comprising several counties in eastern Michigan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Austin and Grindstone City Historic District.

Village
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is a village in in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, had a population of 622. The village is within . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pointe Aux Barques Township.

Hamlet
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is an industrial historic district located on M-25 in Grindstone City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. is situated 3 miles southeast of Pointe Aux Barques Township.

Pointe Aux Barques Township

Latitude
44.0674° or 44° 4′ 3″ north
Longitude
-82.9575° or 82° 57′ 27″ west
Population
15
Elevation
581 feet (177 metres)
Open location code
86PV328V+W2
Geo­Names ID
5006107
Wiki­data ID
Q7208320
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pointe Aux Barques Township” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدة بوينت أوكس باركيوس”
  • Chinese: “巴克角鎮區”
  • Finnish: “Pointe Aux Barques Township”
  • French: “Pointe Aux Barques”
  • Mazanderani: “بارانت پوینت اوکس تاؤن‌شیپ (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “بارانت پوینت اوکس تاؤن‌شیپ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه بارانت پوینت اوکس”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Pointe Aux Barques (condado de Huron, Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Pointe Aux Barques”
  • Urdu: “پوائنٹ آکس بارقس ٹاؤن شپ، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “پوائنٹ آکس بارقس ٹاؤن شپ”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Pointe Aux Barques, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Pointe Aux Barques, Quận Huron, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Pointe Aux Barques”

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