Naubinway, MI

Naubinway is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 147 residents. The community is located within Garfield Township. Naubinway is located along U.S. Route 2 and is the northernmost community on the shores on Lake Michigan. In Naubinway, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Naubinway, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The name Naubinway came from the Ojibwe language word "Inaabinawe": "sits and keeps watch for something" or "to look or gaze in wonderment" although local tourist sites often translate the meaning as "place of echoes". Naubinway also benefited from being a port community on Lake Michigan. Naubinway is located along the northernmost shores of Lake Michigan within Garfield Township in the state's Upper Peninsula.