Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation


Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in Watersmeet Township of southeastern Gogebic County, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is the landbase for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The reservation has a total land area of, split into two sections in eastern Watersmeet Township.
The 2000 census reported a total population of 135 residents. Most of the population lived in the northern section in the unincorporated community of Watersmeet, near the junction of US routes 45 and 2. Some 26 persons lived in the southern section, which is located on the north shore of Lac Vieux Desert, on the Michigan-Wisconsin border.