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Sanilac Guide 2017

2017 Official Visitor Guide for the Sanilac County Area | sanilaccounty.org

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AREA COMMUNITIES www.sanilaccounty.org<br />

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Seasons in <strong>Sanilac</strong> County, Photos courtesy (left to right): Croswell Greenhouse, Susan Morse, (last 2) Tracie Ritchie<br />

Brown City M<br />

Founded in 1881, the city of Brown City is a full service community.<br />

The city is an agricultural support hub and small manufacturing<br />

center located in a primarily residential community with some<br />

outstanding restaurants.<br />

We host the annual Thumb Soybean Festival the second weekend in<br />

June. Event highlights include a carnival, classic car show, music<br />

and fireworks.<br />

Enjoy our beautiful 76+ acre community park, filled with ball<br />

diamonds, picnic facilities, playgrounds and soccer fields. To see us,<br />

take M-90 which travels through the city. The road through town is<br />

also known as Main Street. See ad page 12.<br />

Brown City Community: ci.brown-city.mi.us<br />

Carsonville<br />

“Where family and friends matter”... The charm of a small town,<br />

and the atmosphere of family & friends. Carsonville was founded in<br />

1853 by Silas Hall and was known as Hall’s corners until 1884 when<br />

businessman Arthur Carson renamed the settlement. Local events<br />

include TTPA tractor pull, Antique tractor pull & MMA cage fighting<br />

event, New Years Fireworks and more!<br />

Located on M-46 between Sandusky and Port <strong>Sanilac</strong>. Stop by for a<br />

visit and make yourself at home!<br />

Carsonville Community & Events: villageofcarsonville.org<br />

Croswell M<br />

Croswell is an excellent example of Thumb Area living: friendly<br />

people of the present who take great pride in their past.<br />

Croswell is home to a locally famous swinging footbridge built in 1905<br />

over the Black River, which bisects the city on its way to Port Huron<br />

and the Great Lake. A folksy sign at the east end of the suspension<br />

bridge advises pedestrians to “Be Good To Your Mother-in-Law.” A<br />

splash pad is also at the same park to cool you down on the hot<br />

summer days.<br />

The city itself is dotted with pre-Civil War homes and buildings.<br />

Lumbering dominated Croswell until the Great Thumb Fire of<br />

1881. Since then, agriculture has been the dominant economic<br />

activity, especially sugar beets, symbolized by the city’s iconic<br />

Pioneer Sugar plant.<br />

The annual Croswell Fair is in July this year and features livestock<br />

exhibits and a midway full of rides. The Sweet Days of Summer<br />

Festival in August celebrates the upcoming harvest with a Cardboard<br />

Boat Races on the Black River. See ad on page 6 - 7.<br />

Croswell Community & Events: cityofcroswell.com<br />

Deckerville M<br />

Deckerville takes its name from Charles Decker, who launched a<br />

lumber business here in 1870. Decker’s son, Martin, became the<br />

settlement’s first postmaster that same year. Deckerville incorporated<br />

as a village in 1893 and to this day is home to a number of Charles’<br />

descendents.<br />

Just off the beaten path, 10 minutes from M-25, escape your everyday<br />

life by finding the small community of Deckerville. Come visit our<br />

small, friendly village and explore our shops, enjoy our parks, visit our<br />

museum & library and attend our festivals. We’re sure you’ll love it<br />

as much as we do! Don’t forget about our Santa’s Reindeer Event<br />

in December and take time to roll a few balls at the local bowling<br />

alley. Good things are happening in Deckerville; come join us and<br />

see! Like us on Facebook to keep up on events!<br />

Deckerville Community: deckerville.us<br />

Deckerville Events: facebook.com/pages/Deckerville-<br />

DCDC/220847124602405?fref=nf<br />

Lexington M<br />

When Lexington was founded in 1835, it became the first outpost<br />

north of Port Huron. Eleven years later, Reuben Diamond named the<br />

village after the Battle of Lexington, in which his wife’s cousin, Ethan<br />

Allen, fought during the Revolutionary War.<br />

The Cadillac Hotel has stood at the heart of village life since its days<br />

as a log hotel from 1840 to 1860, when it was rebuilt following a<br />

fire. Steamships and freighters made regular stops at the port of<br />

Lexington for lumber and agricultural products until the Great Storm of<br />

1913 destroyed the village’s long dock into Lake Huron.<br />

Lexington is now noted for its many Victorian homes, historic<br />

buildings filled with shops, restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts.<br />

With its handful of pretty parks and its quaint downtown, the village<br />

is the summertime host of the Music in the Park Series, ThumbFest,<br />

the Lexington Art Fair and the annual Bach Festival. Protected by<br />

a limestone seawall, Lexington’s picturesque marina doubles as an<br />

official State of Michigan Harbor of Refuge. Its beach offers visitors a<br />

chance to kick back and enjoy the summer. Nearby golf courses, a bike<br />

trail to Croswell, seasonal hunting spots, abundant fishing and<br />

a thriving cottage culture make Lexington a vacation mini-mecca.<br />

See ad on page 7.<br />

Lexington Community & Events: lexingtonmichigan.org<br />

Photo courtesy Birchfield Photographic Studio,

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