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==Business and tourism== [[File:Grand Haven State Park.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Grand Haven State Park.]] The Grand Haven port community is an active beach resort with boating, fishing, sailing, biking, skating etc. along with connecting campgrounds and recreational areas. The city has over {{convert|100|mi|km}} of bike trails, a state beach, boardwalk, two lighthouses, a pier, wharf, large charter fishing fleet and a Great Lakes port, where it imports limestone, slag, cement and coal while exporting sand. Grand Haven is a destination point for residents of inland cities of West Michigan, as well as many from the other side of the state. Grand Rapidians regularly visit to take advantage of the close proximity to the Lake Michigan beaches, State campgrounds, restaurants, bars, attractions with many even owning cottages in the area as their home away from home. [[Grand Haven State Park]] contains beaches which, in summer, water temperatures reach the low 70sΒ°F (2013 had 19 days in the 70s),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surfgrandhaven.com/cms/grand-haven-weather-forecast-marine/daily-grand-haven-weather-report/index.1.html |title=SurfGrandHaven.com -Grand Haven Weather - Grand Haven Surf Cam - Grand Haven Info - Grand Haven Services - Grand Haven Businesses - Water Temperature |work=surfgrandhaven.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173743/http://www.surfgrandhaven.com/cms/grand-haven-weather-forecast-marine/daily-grand-haven-weather-report/index.1.html |archive-date=2014-03-25 }}</ref> bringing tens of thousands of visitors as a boon to the local economy. The state park also includes a campground on Lake Michigan, near the pier and lighthouses. In addition, the city features a ski park ([[Mulligan's Hollow Ski Bowl]]) and a skate park. The waterfront locations bring tourists from all over the state and region for activities which include, boating, sailing, jet skiing, tubing, and wind surfing. Grand Haven is home to the [[United States Coast Guard]]'s "[[Coast Guard Station Grand Haven|Sector Field Office Grand Haven]]." The first Coast Guard presence in the city was in 1924. The [[USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77)|Coast Guard cutter ''Escanaba'']] was based in the city until the [[Second World War]]. After it was sunk by a [[U-boat]] of Nazi Germany's ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'', the citizens of Grand Haven raised more than $1,000,000 in bonds to build [[USCGC Escanaba (WHEC-64)|a replacement cutter]] bearing the same name; several pieces of wreckage remain displayed on the city's waterfront.[http://www.grandhaven.org/recreation/parks/escanaba-park/] Grand Haven hosts the annual [[Coast Guard Festival]], a celebration based on [[Coast Guard Day]], which draws U.S. and Canadian vessels along with parades of bands and other activities, including a memorial to the 101 sailors lost in the ''Escanaba'' sinking. The yearly attendance for this event exceeds 300,000 people over the two-week period of the festival. Grand Haven is the first city officially designated as Coast Guard City, USA by an act of Congress signed by President [[Bill Clinton]]. The act was Public Law 105-383 enacted by the United States Congress and signed by the president on November 13, 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/docview/t03.d04.105_hr_2204|title=COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997|date=October 21, 2018|website=ProQuest Congressional}}</ref> [[File:Parade of ships.jpg|thumb|Coast Guard cutter entering the Grand Haven channel as part of the 2017 festival.]] The [[Grand Haven Musical Fountain]] was built on the opposite bank of the Grand River from the city center in 1962. It plays nightly during the tourist season. When it was built, it was the world's largest such fountain. Today, the overall largest fountain is in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. Grand Haven is home to the Midwest Miniatures Museum located in a historic mansion near downtown that displays hundreds of works of world-renowned miniaturists, with scale-models from numerous time periods.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Midwest Miniatures Museum |url=https://www.midwestminiaturesmuseum.com/ |website=midwestminiaturesmuseum.com |publisher=Midwest Minatures Museum |access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Midwest Miniature Museum |url=https://visitgrandhaven.com/activities/midwest-miniatures-museum/ |website=visitgrandhaven.com |publisher=Grand Haven |access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref> The City of Grand Haven has many parks. These include a large section of beach on Lake Michigan, a ski hill, and multiple boat launches. Duncan Woods (officially Duncan Memorial Park) is one of the largest sections of unspoiled virgin forest in the entire lower peninsula of Michigan. In these woods, visitors get to see what Michigan looked like before the deforestation of the lumber era.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dwyer|first=Dustin|title=From wilderness to wasteland: How the destruction of Michigan's forests shaped our state|url=https://www.michiganradio.org/post/wilderness-wasteland-how-destruction-michigan-s-forests-shaped-our-state|access-date=2021-09-09|website=www.michiganradio.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Duncan Woods|url=https://grandhaven.org/visitors/parks/duncan-woods/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=City of Grand Haven|language=en-US}}</ref> {{wide image|Grand_Haven_Michigan_Panorama.jpg|991px|align-cap=center|Grand Haven, Michigan: Grand River to the right and Lake Michigan up front.}}
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