Port Huron is known as the "Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes" with unique sites to be explored…..see Michigan’s oldest working lighthouse the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, visit the only existing Lightship on the Great Lakes the Huron Lightship and tour the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter “ Bramble ”. Stop by Vantage Point Maritime Center and learn about the Great Lake and Ocean going freighters navigating one of the busiest waterways in the world. Tour by land or water…. enjoy a narrated boat cruise on the Huron Lady II or take the Trolley Tour for just a dime.

For boaters Port Huron’s Downtown offers a beautiful Marina. Come inland and discover the Thomas Edison Depot Museum depicting Tom’s life when he lived in Port Huron. The Port Huron Museum tells the history of the Blue Water Area and Knowlton’s Ice Museum telling the story of the ice industry. For your creative side visit the art galleries, catch an art fair or just read that book you have been wanting to read at Pine Grove Park while watching the freighters go passing by. Life is good when you relax, enjoy, have fun and “Discover the Blue” in Port Huron

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