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Captain Aaron G. Peer was born in Dundas, Ontario, in 1812, and moved to Algonac, Michigan, in 1821. In 1833, Peer and his brother built a schooner and went in to the lake transport business, locating at the tip of Michigan's thumb. Peer also began a grindstone quarry at this site, and by 1850 was selling $3000 of grindstones a year.
The Village of Port Austin is at the western end of the township on M-25 and at the northern terminus of M-53. Grindstone City is an unincorporated community in the eastern end of the township at 44°03′01″N 82°54′03″W / 44.05028°N 82.90083°W / 44.05028; -82.90083
Port Austin is the location of the historical northern terminus of US 25. Through town, M-25 turns north along Lake Street and runs concurrently with the northern end of M-53. The highway turns westward on Port Austin Road along the lake where M-53 terminates; this is also the point where the M-25 signage changes from northbound to westbound.
It is located at the tip of the Thumb of Michigan. Port Austin is home to a rock formation known as Turnip Rock, found to the northeast of town on Point Aux Barques. Nearby is Port Crescent State Park, which has one of Michigan's finest sand beaches. A view from Port Austin Breakwater Pier, with ice freezing over during the winter.
Austin, Michigan may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Austin, Hillsdale County, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Amboy Township; Austin, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, a former community now within the city of Portage; Austin, Marquette County, Michigan, an unincorporated community near Gwinn
Port Crescent State Park is a public recreation area on Lake Huron five miles (8.0 km) southwest of Port Austin in Huron County at the tip of The Thumb of Michigan. [2] The state park covers 640 acres (260 ha) along state route M-25 in Hume Township. The park occupies the site of Port Crescent, a ghost town which once stood at the mouth of the ...
Oxford is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,436 at the 2010 census . The village is located within Oxford Township . [ 4 ]
Manistee (/ m æ n ɪ s t i / man-iss-TEE) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. [5] This makes Manistee the fifth-largest city in Northern Michigan.