Carp Lake Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 748 at the 2020 census.

Communities

  • Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the township on the northwest shore of Lake Paradise at . U.S. Highway 31 passes through the community, with Interstate 75 to the north and Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge two miles further north. It was founded by Octave Terrian and later became a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1880.
  • Levering is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the southern portion of the township. The majority of the CDP extends south into McKinley Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (7.91%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census