A Quick Tour Of Mullett Township

Mullett Township News & Views-Promoting Open Government in Mullett Township

There is also the Mullett Township Party Line or you make drink the Kool-Aid from the Topinabee Development Association "Artesian" Well

Mullett Township is a general law township in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The population was 1312 in the 2010 US census. The township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who with William Burt, surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843.

The commercial center of the Township is the quiet unincorporated Village of Topinabee located on the west shore of Mullett Lake on M27 highway. The village is a trailhead for the DNR Trail with off-street parking and restrooms.

The village has a Post Office, Convenience Store with gas pumps, Public Library with 24 hour outdoor WiFi, an artisan-owned woodwork shop, a breakfast cafe and a bar and grille. Township owned buildings include the Library, Township Hall and Fire Hall, and an unused former school building on Lea St.

Recreation needs are served with a beachfront park and covered picnic area, free public boat launch at the north end of the village, a small public access to Mullett Lake across from the Nokia Cafe and tennis court, ball-field, and playground equipment at a public park located up the hill on Lea St.

The east side of Mullett Township is largely rural, with no commercial development. Township services include a Fire Hall and volunteer East Mullett Lake Fire Department.


Thursday, July 21, 2011

DNR Trail Is One-Way-South Bound ONLY

UPDATE: August 5, 2011 
A temporary barricade with warning sign has now been placed. The DNR still has a responsibility to assure that motorized  vehicles are not freely using the trail. Permanent posts, as used elsewhere on the trail, are the best solution to the problem. The DNR should budget for their installation in a timely fashion.

Last summer after numerous complaints by concerned citizens, Mullett Township placed temporary barricades with signage at the north end of the Topinabee Beach park and at South St in an attempt to dissuade motorized vehicles from driving on the DNR Trail. This summer, without any barricades, the general public has adopted a one-way rule-south bound only. This particular vehicle was actually parked on the brick area before a Librarian asked them to move. Where are the barricades this year? Should we wait until a child is struck crossing from the parking lot to the beach area before the barricades are placed again? The DNR might wish to do a traffic count. With only casual observation, five vehicles were seen traveling south on the trail today, July 17th, in a four hour period.