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Torch Lake Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,860. ==Communities== *Chickenville (sometimes called "Chickensville Location") is an unincorporated community between Lake Linden and Hubbell on M-26 at . *Dreamland is an unincorporated community on the east side of Torch Bay at . The elevation is above sea level. The town consists almost entirely of the Dreamland Inn and several docks. *Jacobsville is an unincorporated community on the south side of the Keweenaw Peninsula near the outlet of the Keweenaw Waterway at . It is the site of sandstone quarries that are now shut down but formerly supplied red sandstone for buildings throughout North America and Europe. It was founded by and named for John H Jacobs (1847–1934),〔 a pioneer of its sandstone industry. The town had a post office from November 29, 1887 to December 30, 1964. *Linwood is an unincorporated community immediately to the northwest of Chickenville *Mellonsville is an unincorporated community located between Hubbell and Tamarack City along M26〔 *Senter is an unincorporated community about three miles (5 km) east of Dollar Bay and about seven miles (11 km) east of Hancock at . Located in the Copper Country of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it is a small settlement with seven inhabited homes. Senter was named for successful 1800s era merchant John Senter. In its heyday it was the company town in which the employees of the Atlas Powder Company lived. The explosives plant produced dynamite for some of the area copper mines from the 1910s into the early 1960s. *Rabbit Bay is an unincorporated community lying on the bay of that name, on Keweenaw Bay on Lake Superior on the east side of the township. *White City is a small area near Jacobsville. It is located at the entry from Lake Superior to the Portage canal. It was first known as "The Entry" then was renamed "White City" in 1907. The area was home to a resort, roller coaster, merry-go-round, and a recreational area in the early 1900s. It stayed open for about 20 years and is now a park with a pier and light house. There aren’t really any remains of the old recreational area. All that is left is the pier where the steamships would dock and the coast guard buildings that were later built. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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