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Drummond Township ('/d//ɹ//ʌ//m//ə//n//d/ DRUHmənd) is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U. S. state of Michigan. The population was 973 at the 2020 census. The township encompasses the large Drummond Island and numerous smaller island. Drummond Island is the seventh largest lake island in the world. With an area of 134 square miles (347 km2), it is also the third largest lake island in Lake Huron, behind Manitoulin and St. Joseph, and the fifth largest island in the contiguous United States, behind Long Island, Padre Island, Isle Royale and Whidbey Island. M 134 extends from the mainland to run through the western portion of the island, connecting with the mainland via the Drummond Island Ferry, which runs between the island and DeTour Village. On the east side of Drummond Island, the Canada–United States border passes through the False Detour Channel. On the other side of that channel, the Canadian Cockburn Island separates Drummond from Manitoulin Island.

Drummond (or Drummond Island) is an unincorporated community on Potagannissing Bay on the northwest side of the island at It was named after British commander Gordon Drummond, who built a fort here after the War of 1812. He abandoned the fort in 1822 when it was apparent that the island would become American territory. By the 1850s, the area was settled by Mormon missionaries and Native Americans. A post office in Drummond began operating on February 9, 1881. The post office was renamed Drummond Island on July 1, 1953. The Drummond Island 49726 ZIP Code serves the entirety of Drummond Township. Johnswood (also spelled as Johns Wood) is an unincorporated community on the southern coast of the island at The community was settled around 1905 when the Kreetan Company from Tonawanda, New York took over the area sawmills. It was originally named Scammon's Cove after the small bay. A post office began operating under the name Kreetan on September 7, 1905. The post office was renamed Johns Wood when Harold Johnson became postmaster on March 19, 1914. The post office remained in operation until 1927. Lincoln is an unincorporated community near the center of Drummond Island at
Maxton is an unincorporated community located at The community was established by the Cleveland Cedar Company in 1904 as a sawmill settlement along Potagannissing Bay a few miles northeast of Drummond. For the next three decades, several other sawmills began operating here. A post office in Maxton operated from 1904 until 1950.

The township and island are named after Gordon Drummond, the first Canadian born officer to command the military and the civil government of British Canada. As Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Drummond distinguished himself on the Niagara front in the War of 1812 and later became Governor General and Administrator of Canada. The Ojibwe name for the island is Bootaagan minising (syncope as Bootaagan mnising recorded as "Potagannissing"), meaning "at the Mill Island". Drummond Island was originally recorded by Americans as First Manitoulin Island and Drummond's Island. Based on the surveys taken in the summers of 1820 and 1821, and guided by the commission's two principles that the boundary would not divide islands and that the number of islands would be apportioned equally between the two countries, The island is dominated by forest, with cliffs on the eastern side, which are part of the Niagara Escarpment. Most of the island, approximately 2/3, is state land owned by the state of Michigan. The island hosts a rare environment known as alvar, a grassy limestone plain found only in a few places worldwide. Drummond Island is the largest island in the Manitoulin Island chain to be part of the United States. Drummond Township is one of only seven municipalities in the state of Michigan to consist entirely of islands, including Grosse Ile Township, St. James Township, Bois Blanc Township, Mackinac Island, Peaine Township, and Sugar Island Township.

is the sole highway serving the island. The Drummond Island Ferry connects M 134 to the island from DeTour Village. West of there, M 134 parallels the shore of Lake Huron, until it meets I 75 near St. Ignace. It is one of three state trunkline highways on islands in Michigan; the others being M 154 on Harsens Island, and M 185 on Mackinac Island.

In 2020, the township had a population of 973.