Onaway, MI

Onaway is a city in Presque Isle County, just east of the Cheboygan–Presque Isle county line in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 890 residents. Onaway bills itself as the "Sturgeon Capital of Michigan", and there is a lake sturgeon streamside rearing facility on the nearby Black River, where the fish migrate down to the Cheboygan River and then to Lake Huron. This farming community received a post office open on October 23, 1882 with civil engineer Thomas E. A newcomer can read Onaway through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Onaway comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. This office was named Shaw for him. The boundary of Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties is just west of the city.