Golf Courses

Harbor Beach Golf Course

Skiing & Snowboarding

Wagener County Park

Wagener Park has 138 acres of wooded property with 2 km of groomed ski trails. The land is flat with very few grades. Trails follow the Lake Huron shoreline.

Local History

Founded by John Allen and Alanson Daggett in 1837.  It was given a post office named Barnettsville on March 31, 1856, changed to Sand Beach in December, 1861.  A station on the Pere Marquette Railroad in 1880.  Incorporated as a village in 1882.  The village was renamed Harbor Beach on April 18, 1889, the change being made to rid outsiders of the impression that the place was nothing but sand.  Incorporated as a city in 1910.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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