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Michigan's state parks system was started in 1919. Three Michigan state parks pre-date the creation of the park system in 1919: Mackinac Island State Park (1895), Michilimackinac State Park (1909) and Interlochen State Park (1917). Mackinac Island State Park was created in 1895. It had served as the nation's second national park for two decades ...
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Dodge No. 4 State Park. / 42.61611°N 83.37222°W / 42.61611; -83.37222. Dodge No. 4 State Park is a public recreation area covering 139 acres (56 ha) on the north shore of Cass Lake in Oakland County, northern Metro Detroit, Michigan. [ 4] The state park occupies a mile of shoreline on the 1,280-acre (520 ha) lake.
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor) is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International Riverfront. The state park 's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of ...
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X. ISBN 978-0814318386
Seven Lakes State Park. Seven Lakes State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,434 acres (580 ha) one mile northwest of Holly in Holly Township, Oakland County, Michigan. [4] The state park 's 230 acres (93 ha) of water are found in six named lakes that include 170-acre Big Seven Lake, [5] Little Seven Lake, and 44-acre Dickinson Lake.
The Michigan State Fair is an annual event originally held from 1849 to 2009 in Detroit, the state's largest city. In 2009 the governor declined to fund it because of other priorities. Because agriculture still has a major place in the Michigan economy, in 2011 supporters organized the Great Lakes Agricultural Fair, a 501 C (3) organization, in ...
It encompasses 58,110 square miles (150,500 km2) of land, 38,575 square miles (99,910 km2) of Great Lakes waters, and 1,305 square miles (3,380 km2) of inland waters. Its territorial waters are second in area only to those of Alaska.[2] At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is ...