Talk:Harrisville State Park

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The park was donated by my Aunt, Sue Johnson. She owned what has become our family home in Harrisville and owned all the property south of where the house is now located on Lake Huron.

She and her husband had a big pig and dairy farm, which is were the Harrisville State Park is currently located.

Her husband was Robert Johnson who fought in the Civil War, and his discharge papers are hanging in the living room of the family home today. (Submitted: 70.43.229.134 (talk · contribs) Jim Ferguson email: uscg_ret@bellsouth.net 19:06, 23 March 2007)

I now have the deed, if uploading it to the page would be of any value -

Jim Ferguson uscg_ret@bellsouth.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.193.0.164 (talk) 12:34, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Importance rating

User:Elliskev initiated the importance rating at "mid". After reviewing the definitions, I have to disagree, and have reset the importance to "low". Harrisville State Park is "not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Michigan" - it's rather run-of-the-mill even among Michigan state parks, and doesn't say much about Michigan at large. It could easily appear on any old lakeshore or riverbank in whatever state, and there are many more impressive parks on the shores of the Great Lakes (or even in little Alcona County - see Negwegon State Park). Thus, the main importance of this article instead is "primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic", i.e. the Michigan state park system.

Understand, I have nothing against Harrisville State Park. As I told User:MoodyGroove, I'm actually fairly enthused about this park and article, even though I haven't done much to improve it. (But I'll try to get a pic in the next week.) But in the context of the Michigan WikiProject, this park is hardly earthshaking.

-Ipoellet 17:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree with your re-assessment. --Elliskev 17:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

The importance rating seems reasonable to me, although I certainly do think it's a beautiful park. Of course, there's nothing to say that it can't be taken to WP:GA status, regardless of it's importance to WikiProject Michigan. Just making that clear so that anyone interested in improving the article isn't discouraged. I'm in contact with the above captioned IP user whose aunt deeded the original 6 acres to the state. Apparently at one time it was some kind of pig farm. They're checking with the state to see if there are any records on file. Best, MoodyGroove 11:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

Absolutely! Continued improvement is completely encouraged! And GA status would be just wonderful. I never intended to minimize any efforts here, past or future, and I do think Wikipedia, Harrisville SP, and Michigan are well served with further work. Which I will certainly contribute to as time and access to information allow. In particular, further delving into the donation and agricultural history of the land will be fascinating. Keep it up! Ipoellet 17:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Birding

Somebody might want to put in more details. See http://www.birds-n-such.com/alconamap.htm. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 15:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)Stan