Brothers state park on Munuscong Bay northeast of Pickford, now part of the Munuscong State Wildlife Management Area Paw Paw State Park – (c.1921–c.1927) in Paw Paw on Maple Lake Pere Marquette River State Park – (1927–c.1940s) four sites—33, 12, 77 and 189 acres, respectively, along the Pere Marquette River in Mason County Pictured Rocks State Park (1953–1966) - incorporated into the westernmost portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area (originally Bloomer State Park No.2) – (1945–1992) a portion was also part of Spring Hill Farm, the country estate of boxer Joe Louis, (1939–1944); now Bloomer City Park (Rochester Hills) and River Bends Park (Shelby Township) Saint Clair (County) State Park – (1926–1949) 17 acres, former St. Clair County Park (1919–1926) gifted to the state; abandoned as a state park in 1949 due to the proximity of nearby Port Huron (Lakeport) State Park and given its small size; deeded to township and is now Burtchville Township Park. Sidnaw State Park – (1931– ) 1,500 acres, formed from the Sidnaw Fish Hatchery lands near Sidnaw Sleeping Bear-Glen Lake State Park – (1946–1959) 2,044 acres (5,800 acres in proposed park boundary), centered on state lands received from the federal government in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area, later consolidated with D.H. Day State Park (1959); donated to the National Park Service in 1975 and is now part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Van Etten Lake State Park – (1928– ) now Van Etten Lake State Forest Campground near Oscoda White Cloud State Park – (c.1921–c.1980) now White Cloud County Park in White Cloud Michigan state forests Michigan's state forest system is administered by the Forest Resources Division (FRD) within the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, not the Parks and Recreation Division (PRD) which manages the state park system, however the Parks and Recreation Division took over the recreation responsibilities of the Forest Resources Division (e.g. the state forest campgrounds and the trails and pathways within the state forests) in January 2012. Au Sable State Forest Copper Country State Forest Escanaba River State Forest Lake Superior State Forest Mackinaw State Forest Pere Marquette State Forest References External links Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan state parks State parks