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The park combines history and semi-modern camping on a small peninsula of the Upper Peninsula.
Fayette Historic State Park features a restored smelting company town from the late 1800s. The historic site is jointly administered by the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the Department of Natural Resources.
The park also offers five miles of hiking trails that are groomed for cross-country skiing in winter, a campground and three miles of beautiful shoreline along Big Bay De Noc.
Big Bay de Noc provides some of the finest perch, small mouth, and northern pike fishing in the Great Lakes. Fishing is permitted in the harbor area.
Camping facilities are open from May 4 to Dec. 2. There is electricity, but no modern toilets. The historic townsite is open mid-May through mid-October.
The park recently offered a new lodging option for visitors wanting to explore this restored town, site of a
former bustling industrial community that manufactured charcoal pig iron between 1867 and 1891. Fully-furnished, the Furnace Hill Lodge sleeps up to 10 people.
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