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Toft Lake Village Site

Coordinates: 43°29′16″N 85°44′22″W / 43.48778°N 85.73944°W / 43.48778; -85.73944
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Toft Lake Village Site
Toft Lake Village Site is located in Michigan
Toft Lake Village Site
Toft Lake Village Site is located in the United States
Toft Lake Village Site
Locationnear Toft Lake, Everett Township, Michigan[2]
Coordinates43°29′16″N 85°44′22″W / 43.48778°N 85.73944°W / 43.48778; -85.73944
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.72001476[1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1972

The Toft Lake Village Site, also known by the designation 20NE110,[3] is an archaeological site, once a Late Middle Woodland era[4] village, located on 10 acres on the sandy shore of Toft Lake[3] in Everett Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ The NRIS lists the Toft Lake Village Site as "address restricted;" however, references show it is located on the shore of Toft Lake. The geo-coordinates given are approximate.
  3. ^ a b Tim C. Losey (1967), "Toft Lake Village Site", Michigan Archaeologist, 13 (3)
  4. ^ Richard E. Flanders (1980), Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Improvement of the M-37 / Ml2 Bridge Over the C. & O. Railroad and Penoyer Creek, archived from the original on May 12, 2013