[5] The township was named after Henry Brevort (or Brevoort), a surveyor assigned to subdivide the area in 1845.

[6] Most of the township land is within the eastern portion of the Hiawatha National Forest.

The township includes part of the Mackinac Wilderness.

It is bordered to the north by Trout Lake Township in Chippewa County.

[1] Highway M-123 passes diagonally southeast–northwest through the township, and U.S. Route 2 and Interstate 75 are just outside of the township boundaries to the south and east.