The settlement at Port Oneida, north of Glen Arbor, formed a largely self-contained community of farmers on a landscape that was at once heartbreakingly beautiful and incredibly challenging. Today the Port Oneida community survives largely in some abandoned farmsteads and the memories of a few older residents.

Former Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore ranger Tom Van Zoeren has spent many hours interviewing current and former residents of the Port Oneida area to document the history of the area. These pages, which appear on the website of the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, tell the story of three Port Oneida families through words and photos.

Don't miss this recreation of world almost lost.