[1] Bear Lake is on the southern border of the township.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 817 people, 344 households, and 249 families residing in the township.

There were 623 housing units at an average density of 18.6 per square mile (7.2/km2).

There were 344 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families.

23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.