Just offshore from the Port Clinton Marina sits Cedar Island, a small world of its own at the edge of Clinton Harbor. Accessible only by boat, it’s dotted with cozy summer cottages and surrounded by quiet salt marshes and winding tidal creeks. Despite its postcard-perfect setting, life out there is refreshingly simple — no streetlights, no power lines, and no cars, just seabreezes, sunsets, and the sound of waves against the docks. Many longtime families have kept cottages there for generations,

A History of the Portage River in Port Clinton Ohio