The year was 1947. The place was a hotel in Saginaw, Michigan. The date was December 3. It took only a stroke of a pen and a check for $30,000 and 840 acres of woods with a 100 acre private lake belonged to the Michigan Conference of SDA. It was there that the story of what we call Camp Au Sable began.
Here is a brief history of some interesting events through the years:
If you would like to read the entire History from Elder Harold Jewkes, please download this pdf file.