Timber for Mission Church, April 1830
Have you ever wondered how they got lumber over to the island to construct buildings such as Mission Church?
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Have you ever wondered how they got lumber over to the island to construct buildings such as Mission Church?
Robert Campbell constructed a water-powered sawmill at Mill Creek about 1790, being the first of its kind in northern Michigan. Prior to the mill, trees were turned into lumber entirely with hand tools for more than 100 years at the Straits of Mackinac.
