Harrington_Beach_State_Park

Harrington Beach State Park

Harrington Beach State Park

State Park in Belgium and Ozaukee counties, Wisconsin

Harrington Beach State Park is a 715-acre (289 ha) Wisconsin state park[1] on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Town of Belgium. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a 26-acre (11 ha) lake that used to be a stone quarry. The park provides campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic, and bird watch areas.

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History

From the 1890s until 1925, a dolomite quarry operated at the on the site of the park. From 1901 until 1925, the Lake Shore Stone Company developed a company town called Stonehaven at the site. Most of the workers were immigrants from Luxembourg, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy. When the quarry closed, some of the residential buildings were moved to the Village of Belgium. The foundations of some of the building remain in the state park.[2][3]

In 1968, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began buying the properties that would become Harrington Beach State Park.[2] A campground of 73 sites opened in 2009; it was the first new campground at a Wisconsin State Park in over 20 years.[1] Construction began in 2008 and it was completed in the beginning of September 2009.[1] It opened with 32 electric sites, 33 non-electric sites, 5 walk-in sites, one kayak site (only accessible by water), one group campsite, and one site for the campground host.[1] Before the campground was added, the park had up to 120,000 visitors per year.[1]

  • Beach
  • Beach and forest

References

  1. [1]
    Lintereur, Josh (August 30, 2009). "Bring on the Campers". Sheboygan Press Citizen.
  2. [2]
    "Harrington Beach State Park: Master Plan and Environmental Analysis" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Milwaukee ruins: Pabst Whitefish Resort, Commerce Street & Stonehaven". OnMilwaukee.com. April 22, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
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