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Undeveloped state park. [8] Grand Haven State Park: Ottawa: 48 acres 19 ha: 1920: Lake Michigan: Grand Mere State Park: Berrien: 1,100 acres 450 ha: 1973: Lake Michigan: Harrisville State Park: Alcona: 107 acres 43 ha: 1920: Lake Huron: Hartwick Pines State Park: Crawford: 9,338 acres 3,779 ha: 1927: East Branch Au Sable River: Old-growth white ...
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a 46,179-acre (18,688 ha) public recreation area in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] It is the second largest of Michigan's state parks . Bordering on Lake Superior , most of the park is located within Whitefish Township in Chippewa County , with the western section of the park extending into McMillan Township ...
The park (popularly called "The Oval") was originally a 35-acre public beach that had been purchased by the city for $1,000. In 1920, the twenty-two acres closest to the pier were deeded from the city to the state for $1.00 for use as a state park, with the acreage to the south retained as City Beach.
The Chippewa and Black rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway for invasive carp to travel. Silver carp, harmful to fish and water, detected in ...
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The Grand River (Ottawa: owashtanong, "Far-Flowing Water") [3] [4] is a 252-mile-long (406 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The longest river in Michigan, [5] the Grand River rises in Hillsdale County, and flows in a generally northwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan in the city of Grand Haven.
Dec. 13—CHIPPEWA FALLS — Joe Wedemeyer, a Chippewa Falls parks maintenance employee, was opening Irvine Park at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday when he saw a blue van that appeared to be intentionally ...
Following treaties with the United States in the 19th century, the Ojibwa/Chippewa ceded extensive amounts of land in Michigan. The L'Anse Indian Reservation was established by the U.S. here as the largest and the oldest in Michigan. [11] In 1896, the village was completely burned to the ground by a deadly fire which left many homeless. [6] [12]