Heritage through our Ancestors

Cabin History, Allenville and Epoufette

Local History

John R. McLeod, a government surveyor, found an Indian village here about 1848.  Amable Goudreau began a commercial fishing business here in 1859, but it was not given post office until lumbering operations started.  Mr. McLeod became its first postmaster on December 19, 1879.  Named by the early French settlers Epoufette, place of rest.  Some say it was because they believed that Father Jacques Marquette used its harbor as the first step on his trip down Lake Michigan from St. Ignace.

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

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