THE POINTE AUX BARQUES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Pointe Aux Barques township has 1.31 square miles of land in Huron County. Its Census reference point is in Saginaw Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pointe Aux Barques and Huron County
Pointe Aux Barques is associated with Huron 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.
Pointe Aux Barques by land and water
The Census records 2.55 square miles of water within Pointe Aux Barques, or 66.1% of its total area. It is 5.2 percentage points higher than the 60.9% recorded for Huron County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pointe Aux Barques township has 8% of the land area of nearby Port Austin township (16.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

