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St. Clair County Parks & Recreation Commission
The St. Clair County Parks and Recreation Commission is funded by a special 0.49
mil property tax for the purpose of improving parks and recreation services in
St. Clair County.
The St. Clair County Parks and Recreation Commission currently operates the
327-acre Goodells County Park, 385-acre Columbus County Park, 30-acre Fort
Gratiot County Park, 45-acre Woodsong County Park, 5-acre Fort Gratiot Light
Station and the 12-mile long Wadhams to Avoca Trail. The Commission also assists
local units of government with the development and promotion of the Bridge to
Bay Trail.
The Parks and Recreation Commission also provides specialized mobile recreation
units for use at community events including two portable stages, two portable
bleacher units, and crowd control barriers.
St. Clair County Parks offers a wide range of recreational opportunities
including, but not limited to:
- biking
- rollerblading/inline skating
- horseback riding
- canoeing/kayaking
- sledding
- swimming
- bird watching
- geo caching
- historic tours/ interpretation
- special events
- fishing
- hunting
- sight seeing
- playground activities
- picnics
- facility rentals
St. Clair County Parks works in partnership with several local groups that
provide programming within the St. Clair County Parks system. Those partners
include the Port Huron Museum, St. Clair County Farm Museum, Wales Historical
Society, Can-Am BMX, Prop Busters RC planes, Redline Racing RC cars and Earth
Keepers.
Finally, the Parks and Recreation Commission distributes 25% of the property tax
it collects, back to local units of government based on their populations, for
the development of local parks and recreation facilities and programs.
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