THE DETOUR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Menominee-Drummond Lakeshore setting.
Detour township has 48.8 square miles of land in Chippewa County. Its Census reference point is in Menominee-Drummond Lakeshore, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Detour and Chippewa County
Detour is associated with Chippewa County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Detour by land and water
The Census records 26.7 square miles of water within Detour, or 35.3% of its total area. It is 6.9 percentage points lower than the 42.2% recorded for Chippewa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Detour township has 13.8 times the land area of nearby De Tour Village village (3.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

