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Au Sable, Michigan

Au Sable is in Iosco County.

About Au Sable, Michigan

The Charter Township of AuSable in Iosco County takes its shape from three natural features: the Au Sable River, the Lake Huron shore and the Huron National Forest.

History of Au Sable

• In 1823 fur trader Louis Chevalier opened a trading post about half a mile up the Au Sable River, on more than 600 acres granted by the federal government.
• During the logging years as many as eight lumber mills worked the river mouth, some sawing day and night.
• The 1890 census counted 4,828 people in AuSable City, which had incorporated as a village in 1872 and as a city in 1889. The city gave up its charter in 1931 and was folded into the township.
• On July 11, 1911, a forest fire swept into AuSable and Oscoda and destroyed about six hundred homes, along with mills, factories and docks.

Local reference: ausabletwp-mi.gov