Parker Road-Charlotte River Bridge · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bruce Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Bruce Township comes from Cloverland Electric Co-op, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Voting is local here: the Bruce Township Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bruce Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bruce Township.
Power comes from Cloverland Electric Co-op
Cloverland Electric Co-op (Cloverland Electric Co-op), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bruce Township. Its homes paid an average of 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.cloverland.com · (906) 635-6800
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hessel water system
The Hessel water system supplies Bruce Township: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 240 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, was 3.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 84% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. 055293504.
Which providers serve Bruce Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bruce Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Bruce Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bruce Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Bruce Township (98%) is in Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools; parts are in Pickford Public Schools (2%).
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Bruce Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bruce Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bruce Township | ZIP’s residents in Bruce Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49783 | Sault Sainte Marie, MI | 57% | 6% |
| 49724 | Dafter, MI | 27% | 47% |
| 49710 | Barbeau, MI | 14% | 74% |
| 49774 | Pickford, MI | 2% | 2% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bruce Township
Who supplies Bruce Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Hessel water system (EPA ID 055293504). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.4 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bruce Township?
Cloverland Electric Co-op (Cloverland Electric Co-op), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bruce Township?
49783 (57%), 49724 (27%), 49710 (14%), 49774 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bruce Township in?
Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools. Parts of the city are in Pickford Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Bruce Township?
In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Bruce Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.