Watersmeet, MI

Watersmeet is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Watersmeet Township, Michigan. The 2020 census counted 408, residents. The community was platted in 1884, designated as a station of the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railroad. The community is located in the northern part of Watersmeet Township, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, at the confluence of Duck Creek with the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Watersmeet, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet.

For Watersmeet, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. U.S. Routes 2 and 45 cross at the southern edge of town; US 2 leads southeast 30 miles to Iron River and northwest 41 miles to Wakefield, while US 45 leads north 46 miles to Ontonagon on Lake Superior and south 26 miles to Eagle River, Wisconsin. The community is also served by the State Line Trail.