Whitefish Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 575 at the 2010 census.CommunitiesEmerson is an unincorporated community located within the eastern portion along the shore of Lake Superior. The end of the Tahquamenon River is in Emerson.Paradise is an unincorporated community located at within the eastern portion of the township along the shore of Lake Superior. Shelldrake is a ghost town located at within the eastern portion of the township along the shore of Lake Superior. Whitefish Point is an unincorporated community located at within the northeastern portion of the township along the shore of Lake Superior on Vermilion Point. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point Bird Observatory and Whitefish Point Light are located in Whitefish Point. Vermilion is an unincorporated community located at within the northern portion of the township along the shore of Lake Superior on Vermilion Point.
