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Greenbush is located in Greenbush Township, the southeastern corner of Alcona County. This area was first settled in 1849 when the firm of Crosier & Davison of Detroit built a barrel plant and fishery. Shortly afterwards, the lumbering firm of Morris & McDougal of New York State purchased government land here, and it became known locally as McDougal�s Landing. In the late 1860�s, it was officially named Greenbush, after the town of Greenbush, New York, at the suggestion of a settler from the east.
Today, the Greenbush area remains a prime tourist attraction, featuring Cedar Lake, just a mile inland from Lake Huron and US-23. It has also retained much of its historical character architecturally, having carefully preserved the township hall and an old one-room school house. |