St. Clair County, Michigan
Ira Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Ira Township is a mostly rural township of woods, farms, and open space that surrounds Anchor Bay on the north shore of Lake St. Clair, with clustered homes along the shoreline at the Anchorville and Fair Haven communities
Living in Ira Township
The Anchorville community and Anchor Bay are named for the 1850s and 1860s practice of large sailing ships anchoring here to wait out storms on Lakes Erie and Huron. Source: iratownship.org
Homes in Ira Township
What makes Ira Township home
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic parish founded at Anchorville in 1853 and recognized with a state historical marker on the north shore of Lake St. Clair
St. Mary's Cemetery
Cemetery in Fair Haven marked in 2017 as the burial ground of many of the township's earliest immigrant settlers
Anchor Bay
Bay of Lake St. Clair that the township surrounds and that draws boaters, swimmers, and anglers in summer and ice fishers in winter
Ira Township Park
Township park on Meldrum Road in Fair Haven with pavilions, a disc golf course, pickleball courts, and Swan Creek nature trails
Water Works Park
Township park on Waterworks Drive with an accessible kayak launch onto Anchor Bay
Ira Township areas to know
Anchorville
Community on M-29 on the north shore of Lake St. Clair, renamed in 1876 for its location on Anchor Bay with a post office established in 1885
Fair Haven
Community about 1.5 miles southeast of Anchorville on M-29 whose post office opened as Swan Creek in 1857 and took the name Fair Haven in 1862
Perch Point
Locale at the township's southeast corner on the boundary with Clay Township