Carp Lake Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan

Carp Lake Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the township was 582 at the 2020 census. Part of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is within the township.

Carp Lake Township is the westernmost municipality in the United States to use Eastern Standard Time.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 225.59 sqmi, of which 224.84 sqmi is land and 0.75 sqmi (0.33%) is water. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States to be in the Eastern Time Zone.

The township contains a substantial shoreline on Lake Superior.

Communities

 * Carp Lake began around a copper mine in 1858.
 * White Pine is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in the township.