Local History

Founded in 1887 by John Chassell, a French farmer.  First named Pike's Bay and later, Robinson for Orrin Robinson, manager of the Sturgeon River Lumber Company and later lieutenant governor of Michigan.  

Given a station on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad in 1888.  William Johnson became the first postmaster of Chassell, named after its founder, on February 2, 1888. 

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

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