DeTour Village, Michigan
village in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States
DeTour Village ( DEE-tu-ər) is a village in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 263 at the 2020 census.
The village is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Detour Township, at the turning point for the shipping channel connecting the St. Mary's River with Lake Huron and the Straits of Mackinac. Drummond Island, one of the largest islands in the St. Mary's River, is only one mile across the river from DeTour. The DeTour Reef Light is nearby.
History
The place was originally an Ojibwe settlement. It was connected with the fur trade and over time it came to have a large Metis population. Over time the Metis inhabitants were redefined as being French-Canadian.
The public source identifies “DeTour Village, Michigan” as village in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around DeTour, Village and Michigan.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q386904. VIAF identifies the subject as 159410644. The Library of Congress control number is n00038346. Authority coordinates are 45.994, -83.903. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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