Peshawbestown, Michigan | |
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 Looking north along M-22 | |
  Peshawbestown Location within the state of Michigan  Peshawbestown Peshawbestown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°01′27″N 85°36′03″W / 45.02417°N 85.60083°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| County |  Leelanau |
| Township | Suttons Bay |
| Elevation | 186 m (610 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49682 |
| Area code | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-63760[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 634689[2] |
Peshawbestown (/ˈpʃɔːbətaʊn/ PSHAW-bə-town) is an unincorporated community in Suttons Bay Township of Leelanau in the U.S. state of Michigan. In historical documents, the name is spelled variously as Peshabetown, Peshabatown, Pshawbatown, Preshabestown.
The community is on M-22 about 10 miles (16 km) south of Northport, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Suttons Bay, and about 20 miles (32 km) north of Traverse City. It is on the east side of the Leelanau Peninsula on the western shore of the Grand Traverse Bay.
Peshawbestown occupies about 12.5 acres (51,000 m2) of the federally recognized Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians reservation. The primary economic base of the community is tourism, with the main feature being the Leelanau Sands Casino. Other notable feature include the historic Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church, dedicated to the first Native American saint in the Roman Catholic Church, who was canonized in 2012. She was a Mohawk woman who converted to Catholicism in New York in the French colonial period, later moving to Kahnawake near Montreal. The tribe holds the annual Peshawbestown Pow-Wow, which takes place each August with native foods, tribal art, and dancing.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peshawbestown, Michigan