Clair) Annual International Bicycling Event along the St. Clair River in Michigan and Ontario, Canada, involving two ferry boat crossings, first weekend in October. Boat Night & Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race (Port Huron to Mackinac Island) Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival (Caseville) Croswell Agricultural Society Fair (Croswell) celebrating its 125th year in 2009 Croswell Swinging Bridge Festival (Croswell) Feast of the Sainte Claire sponsored by the Port Huron Museum of Arts and History, a large living reenactment of 18th century life—Memorial Day weekend, (Port Huron). Harbor Beach Maritime Festival(Harbor Beach) Huron County Fair (Bad Axe) Michigan Bean Festival Labor Day weekend (Fairgrove) Farmer's Festival (Pigeon) Michigan Sugar Festival (Sebewaing) "Port Huron Float Down" Third Sunday in August (Port Huron) "The Original" Country Christmas Lighted Farm Implement Parade (Sandusky) Tuscola County Pumpkin Festival (Caro) Sanilac County 4-H Fair (Sandusky) St. Clair County 4-H Fair (Goodells County Park) Thumbfest (Lexington) Yale Bologna Festival (Yale) Thumb counties Huron Huron County is located at the tip of the thumb. The county is surrounded on three sides by water – Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, and has over of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on Saginaw Bay, and more shoreline parks than any other county in the state. The county's economy relies on agriculture and ranks as one of the top agricultural counties in Michigan. Rich farmland inland produces beans, sugar beets and grain, including most of the world's supply of navy beans. Tourism is also important to Huron County with bay front and lakefront towns such as Sebewaing, Caseville, Port Austin, Port Hope, and Harbor Beach, attracting tourists from all over. Huron County borders the Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron. There are two state parks – Sleeper State Park and Port Crescent State Park. Three roadside parks – Jenks Park, Brown Park, and White Rock Park. Also, Huron County maintains nine county parks along the shoreline, which are Caseville Park, Lighthouse Park, Stafford Park, McGraw Park, Philp Park, Port Austin Bird Creek Park, Wagener Park, Oak Beach Park, and Sebewaing Park. The county seat is Bad Axe, located in the center of the county. Lapeer The origin of the name of the county is often disputed, but it may have derived from the French words la pierre, meaning "the stone". This name could be a reference to the rounded stones, or flint pebbles, found in the rivers and streams