Five Channels Dam Workers Camp / Hydroelectric Power

Historical marker location:

6051 Old M-65 Trail, Oscoda, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from Old M-65 Trail, 0.2 miles east of Loud Dam Road.)

Marker installed: 2005

Michigan played a key role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Detroit was an important hub for the movement, and Michigan was the first state in the Northwest Territory to outlaw slavery in 1837.