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Bay City (Michigan)

Bay City was settled in 1831 as a lumbering center. In 1859 it was incorporated as a city with the consolidation of several settlements along the river. Later, when the surrounding forests were depleted, the city turned to diversified manufacturing.

Nowadays Bay City is the industrial, marketing and transportation center of a rich farm area that yields sugar beets, potatoes and dairy products. Shipbuilding is also important and the city's harbor handles traffic on the Great Lakes, as well as ocean shipping.

Saginaw Valley State University is in the nearby University Center. A state park and two state forests are in the vicinity.

Points of interest

The Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library.
The Appledore Tall Ships.
The Bay City State Recreation Area was established in 1922. The park is located on the shore of Saginaw Bay.
The Bay County Civic Arena.
The Bay County Historical Museum has exhibitions on the area's regional history. The museum is housed in the former armory building on Washington Avenue, adjacent to the City Hall.
The City Hall is a historic building on Washington Avenue. It is located right next to the Bay County Historical Museum.
The Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center.
The Sage Public Library.
The Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum was established in 2012 in honour of veterans and to document the history of the United States Navy. The museum is housed in the USS Edson, which is a retired United States Navy destroyer. The ship was built in 1958 and decommissioned in 1988. The ship is permanently berthed at 1680 Martin Street.
The State Theater is a small movie theater that opened in 1908. It is located at 913 Washington Avenue.
The Studio 23/The Arts Center.

Accommodation and restaurants are available in Bay City. The city is a port of entry to the United States. It sits on the Saginaw River at its mouth on Saginaw Bay, which is an inlet of Lake Huron. The city is located in the south of Michigan, 115 km northeast from Lansing and 760 km northwest from Washington D.C.

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