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Bergland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bergland Township, Ontonagon County, in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula.

Bergland sits on the north shore of Lake Gogebic, the largest natural inland lake in the Upper Peninsula at more than 13,000 acres.

Bergland was counted in the census for the first time in 2020, when the census-designated place recorded a population of just 141 people.

Bergland stands at the junction of highways M-28 and M-64 on the north end of Lake Gogebic, within the Ottawa National Forest.

Bergland Township, which covers about 108 square miles, had only 438 residents in the 2020 census, with a median age of 63 and nearly 44% of residents aged 65 or older.

Bergland's township was organized in the early 1900s around timber harvesting and milling, and many residents later worked at the White Pine Copper Mine 12 miles north until it closed in 1995, leaving tourism as the main economic activity.

Bergland draws large numbers of visitors and seasonal residents from Lower Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois for Lake Gogebic's fishing, camping, and recreation, including Bergland Township Park with its campground and boat ramp.

Bergland's households are small, averaging only about 1.8 persons per household across the township.