April Fool’s Day has been around for a long while, all around the world, No one is willing to be foolish enough to say for sure how it started… Perhaps the most accepted school of fool thought is that it is all calendar based. In 1582, the country of France fell in with a trend …
Coliseum in Rome with Snow by Stefano Costantini via CC 2.0 In the old days, (very old, before 713 BCE), the Romans had ten months in their calendar – ten months in their year of 304 days. The year began on March 1 and ended December 31. The 62 or 63 days in-between were just …
Photo Credit: ISS-36 Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository So, just how big is Lake Huron? With a surface elevation above sea level of 577 feet and an average depth of 195 feet (32 fathoms 3 feet), our wonderful Lake Huron is the 2nd largest Great Lake, with …
Here at Huron County Parks, we strive to go beyond customer satisfaction for all your camping needs. That’s why we compiled a list of answers to your most frequently asked questions to kick off 2019. For more information and park rules, click here. When are the parks open? Caseville County Park is open from April …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s that spooky time of year again! Just in time for Halloween, here are three of the most haunted spots in the Thumb, beginning with our own Point Aux Barques Lighthouse! Port aux Barques Lighthouse: 7320 Lighthouse Road, Port Hope, MI 48468: Besides all the other wonderful aspects of our beautiful lighthouse, it has been …
The park managers at Huron County Parks work hard to ensure your experience is the best it can be. As the season is coming to a close, we’d like to share a little more about them so you can learn about the folks that have made your summer so special. This month we get to know …
The park managers at Huron County Parks work hard to ensure your experience is the best it can be. As the season is coming to a close, we’d like to share a little more about them so you can learn about the folks that have made your summer so special. This month we introduce you …
(Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Statue (Ossineke, Michigan) – October 11, 2014 by Corey Seeman via CC 2.0) Since Michigan has two parts, here’s the second part of our Fun Facts series. Kalamazoo: A 1942 popular song by the Glen Miller Orchestra taught the rest of the U.S. how to spell this Michigan burg, “(I’ve …
The Indians of Michigan by FotoGuy 49057 via CC 2.0 Michigan is a unique state with two roughly equal peninsulas, separated by water, joined by a bridge, plus these other one-of-a-kind attributes: One can stand at any point in our state and be within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes because our state …
The Michigan Thumb is home to many great museums. From Bad Axe to Caseville and Harbor Beach to Sebewaing, you can expand your artistic horizons at any one of these museums: Allen House Museum -303 N. Port Crescent Ave., Bad Axe – 989-550-2733 – Original 1902 Dutch colonial home of Wallace E. Allen, the town’s …
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