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Website designed, written and constructed by Dan Aument
Ottawa Beach is a well preserved example of a summer resort community dating from 1886. OB occupies about 80 acres of land on the shore of Lake Michigan about seven miles West of Holland, Michigan. OB is situated between the Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa units of the Holland State Park. In 1995, Ottawa Beach was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in 2002, Ottawa Beach became a Michigan
Our contact page allows you to contact the webmaster of this site or the co-chairpersons of the Ottawa Beach Historic Committee. New on this page: links to other Michigan web sites of historic interest.
Go to the cottages section to see photos and watercolor drawings of the cottages and read the names of the cottage lot owners from 1886 through 1936. Here’s where you can educate us: we need to know more about the hardy folks who built and enjoyed the cottages in those early
Go to the History section to read about our unique neighborhood from its inception in 1886 right up to today! We’ve included maps, photos, original artwork and old picture postcards -
Even though “Big Red”, the Holland harbor lighthouse is not technically situated in Ottawa Beach, we have included a lighthouse history section for this venerable historic building.
Ottawa Beach was founded in 1886. What was the world like back before movies, automobiles, and broadcasting? Our 1886 in perspective page gives an overview historical facts ranging from the significant to the trivial.
Pictures taken around the neighborhood on a lazy afternoon. Our photographer has also caught some local residents relaxing ... And partying!
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Pictures around the neighborhood
Pictures from the Aug 16th karaoke party
Lot 09 at 2315 Pavilion Walk
Karen’s thank you note for the watercolor
Rare photo of Life Saving Station
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Joe (far right with outstretched arms) carefully posed the neighborhood residents several years ago in this group photo. The occasion was one of our two big picnics held on the beach at the gap.
