Bay Port, Michigan


Bay Port is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Huron County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 477.

History

Bay Port was settled in 1851 by Carl H. Heisterman. It was first named "Geneva" and later "Wild Fowl Port". The post office was relocated here from Ora Labora in 1872.

Geography

Bay Port is in western Huron County, on the shore of Wild Fowl Bay, on the southeast side of Saginaw Bay, an arm of Lake Huron. The community is in Fairhaven Township, with a small piece extending east into McKinley Township.
The main road through Bay Port is M-25, which follows the shore of Lake Huron, leading northeast to Port Austin and southwest to Bay City. M-142 intersects M-25 south of the center of Bay Port and leads east to Bad Axe, the Huron County seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bay Port CDP has a total area of, of which are land and, or 0.96%, are water.

Events

Each year, during the first full weekend of August, Bay Port hosts its annual Fish Sandwich Festival. Bay Port's unofficial motto is "Where the fish caught the man", due to its easy lake access for sport fishermen.