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About forestry service, 49718, Carp Lake, MI, US, Michigan

Naubinway ( NAH-bin-way) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 147 at the 2020 census, which was the first year that it was recorded by the census. The community is located within Garfield Township. As an unincorporated community, Naubinway has no legal autonomy of its own but does have its own post office with the 49762 ZIP Code. Naubinway is located along U.S. Route 2 and is the northernmost community on the shores on Lake Michigan. It is also the largest commercial fishing port in the state's Upper Peninsula. == History == The first European traveler to settle in the area was William Boucha (or Boucher), who partook in the fur trade from Mackinac Island and moved west in 1843. He and his family built their home near Millecoquins Point. They stayed in the area until around 1857. Later in 1873, Boucha received a federal deed under President Ulysses S. Grant to occupy 27.3 acres (11.0 ha) of land at a very inexpensive cost.