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Silver Beach Amusement Park. Coordinates: 42.1125°N 86.4875°W. Silver Beach County Park is a park located in St. Joseph, Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River. [1] It was formerly Silver Beach Amusement Park, an amusement park, which operated between 1891 and 1971.
Website. Silver Lake State Park. Silver Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering 2,936 acres (1,188 ha) that border Lake Michigan and Silver Lake, four miles (6.4 km) west of Mears in Oceana County, Michigan. The state park is composed of mature forest land and over 2,000 acres (810 ha) of sand dunes. [3]
St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,856. [5] It lies on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, about 90 miles (140 km) east-northeast of ...
Pinckney State Recreation Area is a Michigan state recreation area in Dexter, Sylvan and Lyndon Townships, Washtenaw County and Putnam and Unadilla Townships, Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park is 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) and sits at an elevation of 922 feet (281 m). [1] The park is connected to the nearby Waterloo State ...
Oceana County ( / ˌoʊʃiˈænə / OH-shee-AN-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 26,659. [2] The county seat is Hart. [3] Long known as part of the large Ojibwe territory, the county was founded by European Americans in 1840 and organized in 1855. [1]
Silver Lake is a lake in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It is roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the northern to southern ends. The lake is known for its pine coasts, irregular shoreline, and many peninsulas and islands, despite being smaller in size. [2] Its maximum depth is 96 feet (29 m), making it the third deepest lake in Grand Traverse County.
Saugatuck Dunes State Park. Shoreline and a large wooded sand dune. / 42.70333°N 86.19972°W / 42.70333; -86.19972. Saugatuck Dunes State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the shore of Lake Michigan between Saugatuck and Holland in Allegan County, Michigan. [4]
Rail maps in 1876 show planned rail service for Cheboygan, but due to various setbacks, rail did not arrive there until 1881. There was a theater built in town in 1877. Cheboygan was incorporated as a city in 1889. In approximately 1890, Cheboygan became the home port for ferryboats to nearby Bois Blanc, an island in the Straits of Mackinac.