Dan Salas of PositivelyMichigan.net visits the beautiful state park and getting a short history lesson on Michigan history from back in the day when the residents didn't know they were living in history. Fayette Historic State Park is the state park of the historic town of Fayette in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the Big Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan, between Snail Shell Harbor and Sand Bay, on the southern side of the Upper Peninsula, about 17 miles south of US 2.