Editing Fennville, Michigan (section)

==Tourism==

===Goose Festival===
Each October since 1984, Fennville has held an annual local event known as the Goose Festival.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herman |first1=Jennifer |title=Michigan Encyclopedia, Volume 21 of Encyclopedia of the United States |date=1999 |publisher=State History Publications |isbn=9781878592941 |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaF0SWvRJIC&q=fennville+goose+festival&pg=PA269 |access-date=15 April 2020 |edition=2008-2009}}</ref> Fennville's Goose Festival promotes the abundance of area game and wildlife, with a special emphasis on thousands of Canada geese as they pass through the nearby Todd Farm Unit of the [[Allegan State Game Area]] during their seasonal migration.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whiteley |first1=Sandy |title=Chase's Annual Events: Special Days, Weeks and Months in 1991 |date=1990 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=9780809240876 |page=287}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Annual Fennville Goose Festival Returns for its 34th Year |url=https://www.saugatuck.com/annual-fennville-goose-festival/ |website=Saugatuck.com |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> One impetus for creating the festival was to encourage passenger train visitation via [[Amtrak]] on the railway that runs through Fennville.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Jim |title=Goose Festival might migrate back to downtown Fennville |url=https://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20130123/NEWS/301239800 |access-date=14 April 2020 |work=The Holland Sentinel |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. |date=23 January 2013}}</ref> Tens of thousands of people flock to the small town each year to enjoy the various activities and attractions planned and managed by the volunteer-based Goose Festival organization that operates the Goose Festival.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hayden |first1=Jim |title=Festival brings Fennville together for family fun |url=http://www.thecommercialrecord.com/festival-brings-fennville-together-for-family-fun/ |website=The Commercial Record |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=National Geographic Traveler, Volume 11 |date=1994 |publisher=National Geographic Society |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD8sAQAAMAAJ&q=fennville+goose+festival |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>

===Wine===
Also playing a role in Fennville's appeal as a tourist destination, the city and surrounding region is an [[American Viticultural Area]], the [[Fennville AVA]], known for the production of [[Michigan wine]].