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Stony Creek Metropark is a Huron-Clinton Metropark located in southeast Michigan in the outskirts of metro Detroit. The park is predominantly in Washington Township and Oakland Township, with a small portion in Shelby Township. The park covers 4,461 acres (18.05 km 2) with Stony Creek Lake at its center.
Huron-Clinton Metropark Logo. The Huron–Clinton Metroparks system is a regional park system in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.The park system includes 13 parks totaling more than 24,000 acres (97 km 2) arranged along the Huron River and Clinton River forming a partial ring around the metro area.
In 1823, Lemuel Taylor moved from New York state to settle on a 400-acre parcel of land at this location on Stony Creek. He built a dam and gristmill, which opened in 1824 and provided a base for a small community. By 1825, the village had a blacksmith, distillery, store, and post office. A hotel was built in the 1830s.
The Michigan Territorial Council made the change in order to end the confusion between this river and the Huron River of Lake Erie, which also rises in Oakland County's Springfield Township. [6] The Huron-Clinton Metroparks system preserves land in the watershed as public parks; Wolcott Mill Metropark is on the north branch of the river.
Stony Creek Metropark, predominantly located in Washington Township, and Oakland County; a small portion of the park extends into Shelby Charter Township. The park includes two beaches, golf courses, a nature center, a boat launch, picnic areas, basketball courts, a zip-line park (Closed in 2018) and more.
Huron-Clinton Metroparks — a district of regional parks located in the five counties of Metro Detroit, southeastern Michigan. Pages in category "Huron–Clinton Metroparks" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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Peninsular Dam, Ypsilanti Huron Parkway bridge over Geddes Pond viewed from Gallup Park, Ann Arbor Huron River near downtown Ann Arbor . The Huron River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) [2] river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Springfield Township in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie, as it forms the boundary between present-day Wayne and Monroe counties.