In the early 1900s, the Swedish Fishing Club of Chicago owned land at the end of Point Road in Presque Isle. Eventually it was sold and two brothers bought several lots of Sellstrom's Subdivision. The first vertical log cabins were built in the early 1920s, and eventually six houses would be built for the growing family. As of 2024, three homes remain in the family.
The original location of the Retreat Bar was on Highway P on Presque Isle Lake. In 2002, the bar burned down. It was rebuilt in 2003 on Highway W
Hidden behind the ball fields, down a path lined with raspberry bushes, lies a small cemetery; a relic from the logging heyday in Fosterville/Winegar/Presque Isle.To find this cemetery, park behind the Presque Isle Town Hall located at 8306 School Loop Road, walk down between the ball fields, and take the path to the right once you hit the woods. Down a path lined with raspberry bushes, you'll find a sign constructed from a saw from the original mill and the story of the Shanty Boys that reads, "As lumbermen they lived inshanties in the woods. They were the workers who cut our forests, rode the logs, broke the jams, and, often died doing these things."
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