This is likely the oldest farm complex on Harsens Island. In 1849 Aura Stewart purchased 53 acres of the farm and began building this house soon after.

The North Channel Shooting Club was organized in 1869. Detroit sportsmen arrived at the club by ferryboat, interurban railroad, and private yachts.

This house belonged to the family of Jacob Harsen. A gunsmith and fur trader who arrived here about 1778, Harsen was the first white settler on the island and he and his family once owned the island.

The Harsens Island / St. Clair Flats Historical Society’s mission is to collect, protect, preserve, and share with the public the unique historical artifacts and information that represents the diverse cultural composition of the people that occupied the area of the St. Clair River Delta that is Harsens Island and the St. Clair Flats.