State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Bass Lake State Forest Campground

Local History

The village was founded with the coming through of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad in 1881, and was named for James Stoughton McMillan, an executive of the road and later a U.S. Senator.  Storekeeper Lewis Pearl became it first postmaster on April 21, 1882.  It was first in Chippewa County and was transferred to Luce in 1887.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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