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Grand Beach, MI

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Grand Beach, Michigan

Grand Beach was founded by the Grand Beach Company around 1903. It was conceived of partially as a short-stay resort. People would take the Michigan Central Railroad to Grand Beach station, rent small cottages for a day or two, eat in the dining hall (located at the corner of Lakeview and Whitewood), and enjoy bathing and golfing. The beach has always been important to the people of Grand Beach. An entertainment pier was built out into Lake Michigan and offered dining and even dancing in the 1920s. The pier has long since disappeared, though its supporting posts are sometimes visible when the lake levels are low. The public golf course has been an integral part of village life at Grand Beach since its establishment. For many decades the course has been a charming 9-hole course that runs from the club house down to the village gate and back. Lake levels have had an impact on the focus of village social activities. In the early 1950s and during much of the 1970s lake levels were high and beach frontage minimal. From the mid-80s the beach has been wider and more people have thus been able to enjoy it. In recent decades Grand Beach has probably been most famous because of its association with Chicago's Daley family.