Welcome to the

Port of St James Association

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Created in the late 1960's, The Port of St. James Association (PSJA) started as a summer residential subdivision consisting of slightly over 1,000 individual properties, located on Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan west of the Straits of Mackinac.

Over the years, the character of PSJA has not changed greatly. While some island residents have become members and have built year round homes in the Association (and recently more and more formerly summer only members have chosen to "retire" here and become permanent Island residents as well), many members are still simply summer residents. The common thread among all these groups is a love of nature, Lake Michigan, and the island itself, one of the truly magical places to be found anywhere in the Great Lakes.

PSJA is a community that provides various resources to the membership. The PSJA has several large areas of common property set aside for the use of the property owners. These areas include beaches with a pavilion, a campground with a kitchen and bathroom/shower facilities, and several large tracts of land with hiking trails.

The use of all members property in PSJA is controlled by a protective covenant which runs with the land and sets forth the uses to which property may be put, including the type of buildings that may be erected on a lot.

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