In 1969-72, my house was less than a mile south of Stoney Creek Park. I sailed on the lake often. My subdivision had a Rochester address at the time; it is now in Shelby Twp., IIRC.
My dad, after retiring from the Detroit police dept., was the chief ranger at Stoney from about 1980 - 1994.....
As a side note, one of the picnic areas there was the consumate gathering place for kids partying, drinking and dealing drugs. One of the first things my dad suggested to the park was to change the name of the area so that new kids coming in to the park couldn't find the party spot...........Of course that only lasted so long.
The Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMP) does a great job on their Metro parks. Back in the 1990's, they offered to take over Belle Isle, which was horribly run down at the time, (and still is). The Detroit city council turned them down citing that the citizens of Detroit should not be forced to pay to access the island via daily or annual stickers.