Michigan - Lost Amusement Parks Index

LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

MICHIGAN - AMUSEMENT PARKS

Bay City Park - Bay City, MI - (Nothing Known)
Boardwalk Park – Detroit, MI - (Nothing Known)
Boardwalk Park – South Haven, MI - (Nothing Known)
Cenaqua Park - Walled Lake, MI - (1929 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
Devil's Lake - Manitou Lake, MI - (? - early 1970's) (Nothing Known)
Eastwood Park – East Point/ Detroit , MI – MAP (1928 - 1952)
Edgewater Beach Park – Detroit, MI – (1927 - 1981) [Couldn't compete with modern theme parks]
Electric Park – Detroit, MI - (1906 - 1927) [City of Detroit condemned park on west side of Belle Isle bridge for a city park - long legal battle]
Electric Park - Hancock, MI - (1902 - 1932) (Nothing Known)
Electric Park – South Haven, MI - (Nothing Known)
Flint Park – Flint, MI – (1921 - 1960) [Park was increasingly subject to vandalism]
Granada Park / Luna Park - Detroit, MI (west side of Belle Isle bridge approach)
Grand Ledge Park – Lansing, MI - (1906 - 1927)
Hauge Park / Lake View Park / Wolverine Park – Jackson, MI - (? - 1923) [Park burned down]
Ingersoll Park - Grand Rapids, MI - (Nothing Known)
Jefferson Beach – Detroit / St Clair Shores, MI – (1927 - 1959 ) [After 1955 which destroyed fun house, as park lost popularity owner sifted attention to his marina]
Jenison Park - Jenison, MI - (1903 - 1920? ) [Park lost popularity after Figure 8 coaster demolished]
Keewahdin Park – Port Huron, MI - (1907 - 1914?) (Nothing Known)
L.A. Thompson Park – Detroit, MI - (Believe city wouldn't let them build park? - Nothing Known)
Lake Lansing Amusement Park – Lansing, MI – (1934 - 1974)
Lake Michigan Park – Muskegon Beach, MI – (1890 - 1930)
Lake Orion Park / Park Island Amusement Park – Lake Orion, MI – (1927 - ? ) MAP
Lakeside Park / Thread Lake Park – Flint, MI - MAP (Nothing Known)
Lakeside Park – Goguac Lake - Battle Creek, MI - (Nothing Known)
Lakeside Park - Flint, MI - (1916 - 1938) - [Victim of the Depression]
Lakeside Park – Lansing, MI - (Nothing Known)
Lakeview Park - Jackson, MI - (Nothing known)
Liberty Amusement Park / Goguac Lake Resort – Goguac Lake / Battle Creek, MI – (1892 - 1932) MAP [As it lost its popularity in late 1920s, the Depression killed it]
Lincoln Park – Detroit, MI - (Nothing Known)
Mt Clemens Park – Mt Clemens, MI - (late 1890s - 1912?) (Nothing Known)
Oakwood Park / Casino Park / Lakeview Park – Kalamazoo, MI – (1893 - 1925) [Closed because of declining attendance]
Palace Gardens Amusement Park / aka Luna Park / Electric Park) –Detroit, MI– (1908 - 1911 ) MAP [Burns in a fire]
Pier Park – Bay City, MI - (after 1929 - 1974) (Nothing Known)
Pine Lake Park – Lansing, MI - (Nothing Known)
Ramona Park /Reeds Lake – Grand Rapids, MI – MAP - (1897 - 1955) [Automobiles to travel further & television - declining attendance]
Riverland Amusement Park - Sterling Heights, MI - (1935 - 2003) (Nothing Known)
Riverside Park – Saginaw, MI - (1894 - 1937)
Riverview Park / Wolff's Park (becomes Electric Park) – Detroit, MI – MAP (1906 - ? )(Nothing Known)
Scenic Railway Park / Scenic Park / Belle Island – Detroit - (Nothing Known)
Seven Islands Park - Grand Ledge, MI - (1872 - ?)
Silver Beach Amusement Park – St Joseph / Benton Harbor, MI – (1891 or 1910 -1970) [Escalating crime & unrest caused owners to close park]
Sugar Island Park – Detroit, MI - (1898 - 1940s) [Couldn't compete with Bob-lo Island]
Toledo Beach Park - Toledo, MI - (1907 - 1912 & 1932 - 1942 & 1950 - 1970)
Turbina Park – South Haven, MI - (1905 - ? )
Walled Lake – Walled Lake, MI – (1919 - 1968) [Owners of Edgewater Park, Detroit bought park and began moving rides]
Waverly Park / Leadley's Park - Lansing, MI - (1884 - 1917)
Wenona Beach – Bay City, MI – MAP (1897 - 1964)
White City - Houghton / Jacobsville, MI - (1906 - 1919)
White City - Keweenaw, MI - ( ? - 1910s) -
Wonderland - Southgate, MI - (Nothing Known)
Wonderland - Wyandotte, MI - (1952? - 1966) (Nothing Known)

Note: Detroit had an amusement park along the waterfront on the west side of the Belle Isle Bridge. Over the years it had a variety of names because sections of it were leased to various companies. What started out as Wolff's Park in 1906 became Riverview Park, and later Palace Gardens amusement park, Electric Park and Luna Park. After a long legal battle the amusement park was condemned by the city in 1929.

Note: MAP - have Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

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