| Cleveland Township Hall| Cleveland Township was established in
1871 and is located in the southwestern portion of Leelanau
County, Michigan. The Township is comprised of approximately
20,864 acres of land, of which about 8,128 fall within the
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Northern boundary of
Cleveland Township borders Good Harbor Bay and there are six
inland lakes within the Township: Bass Lake, Hidden Lake, Lime
Lake, Little Traverse Lake, Narada Lake, School Lake and Shell
Lake. Near the Township's eastern boundary lies Sugar Loaf
Mountain, which has one of the highest elevations within
Leelanau County at approximately 1,105 feet. Cleveland Township
was first settled on November 1, 1855 by a group made up of
mostly Bohemian immigrants. A bronze plaque on a boulder at the
corner of M-22 and Bohemian Road (County Road 669) commemorates
the first settlement known as North Unity. The early pioneers
built a schoolhouse, sawmill and a store. A gristmill on Shalda
Creek at the outlet of Little Tra