Harbor View Park

In 1977 the village purchased the 1910

Wilson Grocery Store and demolished it

and started the first phase of the park.

In 2001 the village purchased Harvey

Haen's home/barber shop and closed off

the street to the village dock.

The village also purchased the Robert Pence

Art Gallery (was Harvey Haen's gas

station) to complete the park.

The park could very well have overlooked a happening from 1825

where voyaguers from Fort Howard were traveling north

to Mackinac Island to trade in their furs. Lawyer Henry

Baird and his wife were traveling with them and

reported that when they stopped to camp overnight in the

unnamed harbor the voyaguers proceeded in jest to have

an egg fight, thus the harbor was named Egg Harbor.

Harbor View Park is home to several festivals and free

Thursday evening concerts.