Huron-Clinton Metroparks - Stony Creek Metropark, Wolcott Mill Metropark, Metro Beach Metropark, Hudson Mills Metropark, Lake Erie Metropark (Paperback)

Chapters: Stony Creek Metropark, Wolcott Mill Metropark, Metro Beach Metropark, Hudson Mills Metropark, Lake Erie Metropark, Indian Springs Metropark, Kensington Metropark, Delhi Metropark, Willow Metropark, Lower Huron Metropark, Huron Meadows Metropark, Oakwoods Metropark. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 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 totalling 24,000 acres (97 km) arranged along the Huron River and Clinton River forming a partial ring around the metro area. Plans are in development to finish the ring by building hike/bike trails to connect all the parks as a green belt. The parks draw about 9.5 million visitors a year. The rivers are prime fishing and canoeing streams with Delhi Metropark including a short rapids, which while runnable, is the only point other than dams on either stream normally portaged. The park district encompasses Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. The park system was authorized in 1939 and funding began in 1942 with local property taxes providing for most of the budget. Additional funding comes from vehicle admission fees and fees for golf, boat launching, bike and boat rentals, swimming pools and other activities. The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA) is the body that administers the Metropark system and is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners. Two members are selected by the state governor and the other five members are selected, one from each of the five member counties. The Metropark system exists independent from other park systems in the area which include city, township, county and state parks. There is a proposal to develop the Michigan State Fairgrounds ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=163335