Old Mission is an unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

[3] In the Treaty of Washington in 1836, the federal government agreed to provide local native tribes, such as the Ojibwe and Odawa, with both a mission and schools for their reservation.

Henry Schoolcraft, the Indian agent representing the government, selected a natural harbor on the eastern shore of the peninsula in Grand Traverse Bay for the planned facilities.

The community was built along Old Mission Harbor, which is a small safe haven along the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

[1] The community is located within an American Viticultural Area and a center of the Michigan wine industry, including the Old Mission Peninsula AVA.