DOWAGIAC (do-waw'-jak), a city of Cass county, Michigan, in the south-western part of the State, on the Michigan Central railroad. Population 5,44o in 192o native white) and was 5,55o in 193o by Federal census. It is in a fertile region of many lakes. The city manufactures furnaces and fish-bait ; ships wheat, corn, fruit, celery, peppermint and other agricultural products; and is a summer resort and touring centre. It was founded about 1838 and incorporated in 1852.