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Harrison Township Fast Facts

Founded: 1827 - became a charter township in 1978Population: 25, 461Area: 23. 8 square miles - 14.3 land and 9.5 waterLake St. Clair MetroparkFormerly known as Metro Beach Metropark, the facility was opened in 1950 and officially dedicated in 1951. The two-million-dollar project was done in phases and would eventually include: a six thousand feet long beach, with an average width of three hundred feet; a beach walk thirty feet wide; deck games; an eighteen-hole putt-putt golf course; a twenty-five-acre picnic area on a point surrounded by water on three sides; parking for five thousand automobiles; a boat dock and marine facilities, roller skating rink, a large swimming and diving pool; a central administration building; and a bathhouse with lockers that would accommodate seven thousand visitors a day, plus food concessions and first aid stations.

 

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