Some of the cities, towns, and places in Chippewa County are Barbeau, Bay Mills, Bay Mills Indian Community, Bay Mills Township, Brimley, Bruce Township, Chippewa Township, Dafter, Dafter Township, Detour Township, DeTour Village, Drummond, Drummond Township, Eckerman, Emerson, Goetzville, Homestead, Hulbert, Hulbert Township, Johnswood, Kelden, Kincheloe, Kinross, Kinross Charter Township, Mission, Neebish Island, Paradise, Pickford, Pickford Township, Raber, Raber Township, Raco, Rudyard, Rudyard Township, Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Shelldrake, Soo Township, Stalwart, Stirlingville, Strongs, Sugar Island Township, Superior Township, Trout Lake, Trout Lake Township, Vermilion, Whitefish Point, Whitefish Township
Chippewa County ( CHIH-pÉ™-wah) is a county in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,785. The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie. The county is named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people, and was set off and organized in 1826. Chippewa County comprises the Sault Ste. Marie, MI micropolitan statistical area.
With shorelines on Lake Huron and Lake Superior, Chippewa County is one of two U.S. counties to contain shorelines on two Great Lakes, the other being neighboring Mackinac County. The county's irregular shape follows the Canadian border, itself following the St. Marys River. Drummond Island is part of Chippewa County.