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Onaway
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Onaway was settled in the 1880's as a logging community and experienced rapid growth in its early years. Onaway was incorporated as a village in 1889 and became a city in 1920. Until the Lobdell-Emory Plant burned in 1926, Onaway "Steered the World" as the manufacturing site for steering wheels for the American automobile industry. A residential and tourist community today, Onaway is the 'Sturgeon Capital of Michigan', a designation made by the State Legislature in 1989. The Sturgeon is a prehistoric fish that 'haunts' the deep recesses of Black Lake. This great fresh water fish can grow to lengths over six feet, weigh 200 pounds and can be decades old!
MISSION STATEMENT: To promote, enhance and contribute to the well-being of the business community while preserving the distinctive character, natural resources and heritage of the greater Onaway area as a basis of a healthy economy.
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