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Presque Isle County Porch Notes
Stories, practical details, outdoor places, tax quirks, and local history connected to Presque Isle County. This shelf has 5 practical notes and 10 local stories.
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- History and culturePosen, "Little Poland," and the Potato FestivalPolish settlers built a farm community around Posen in the 1870s, and the village's Potato Festival traces its history to 1952.
- History and cultureCalcite Quarry: where to see Rogers City's working mineRogers City points visitors to Harbor View for the port and freighters and Quarry View for the pit. Calcite is active, while its world-largest label belongs to local and historical sources.
- Money and taxesDoes Onaway have a city income tax?No. Onaway is not on Michigan Treasury's current list of 24 cities that levy a local income tax. A taxing work city may still have nonresident rules.
- OutdoorsForty Mile Point and the Hoeft shoreRogers Township's Lake Huron shore includes P.H. Hoeft State Park, the Huron Sunrise Trail, and the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse.
- Money and taxesNo city income tax in Rogers CityRogers City charges no city income tax, and neither does Onaway; the nearest of Michigan's 24 taxing cities is Grayling, about 85 miles southwest.
- OutdoorsOcqueoc Falls: accessible path, trail loops, and rustic campingDNR calls Ocqueoc the Lower Peninsula's largest waterfall and the nation's first universally accessible falls. Expect a paved approach, four trail loops, and rustic camping.
- OutdoorsOnaway State Park on Black LakeOnaway State Park gives North Allis Township 158 acres of Black Lake shoreline, camping, swimming, rock outcroppings, and a three-mile trail.
- History and cultureThe Presque Isle lighthouses and the old harborPresque Isle Township's namesake peninsula has a historic Lake Huron harbor, two museum lighthouses, and one of the prettiest shoreline communities in the county.
- OutdoorsThe Sinkholes Pathway and karst countryThe Sinkholes Pathway near Shoepac Lake shows off Presque Isle County's karst country, deep forest, and unusual collapsed limestone terrain.
- OutdoorsThompson's Harbor State ParkThompson's Harbor State Park protects a wild Lake Huron shoreline in Krakow Township, with quiet trails, dwarf lake iris, cabins, and dark skies.
- History and cultureWhy Onaway says it "steered the world"Onaway's famous slogan comes from a real wooden-steering-wheel industry, a locally documented world-largest claim, and a 1926 fire that changed the city.
- OutdoorsRockport: sinkholes, fossils, and a dark-sky shoreRockport pairs a former limestone quarry and sinkholes with fossil hunting, Lake Huron access, and a designated dark-sky preserve. Download the DNR maps before exploring.
- Home and propertyWells and septic in the townshipsPresque Isle County township buyers should understand private wells, septic systems, DHD#4 permits, and the lack of a sale-time inspection rule.
- Money and taxesBuying in a township? Watch for special assessments on top of your taxesMichigan township buyers should check for special assessments that can add separate road, sewer, water, lighting, sidewalk, or drain charges.
- Money and taxesIn Michigan, you get two property-tax bills a year — not oneMost Michigan property owners get separate summer and winter tax bills, with local rules deciding what lands on each bill.