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Port Huron

Discover the Blue shores of Eastern Michigan. Port Huron..small city atmosphere with big city amenities awaiting your arrival. Enjoy coffee houses, dine at our many waterfront restaurants, shop, golf, relax on our beaches and swim in our clear beautiful blue waters.

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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Huron Lady II - Port Huron Boat Cruises

Huron Lady II - Port Huron Boat Cruises
The Huron Lady II tours the St. Clair River and Lower Lake Huron. Captain John will welcome you aboard for the most enjoyable two or three hour narrated sightseeing tour. View the International Blue Water Bridges, the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Canadian and American shoreline and passing freighters. A tour you won’t want to miss.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
Tour Michigan’s oldest working lighthouse. The lighthouse was built, in 1814. Today, the lighthouse is completely automated, after more than 170 years since the first light was exhibited at Fort Gratiot a silent sentinel still beams out to guide a new generation of mariners. In 1971 the Michigan Historical Commission named Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, a Historical Site.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Vantage Point Maritime Center

Vantage Point Maritime Center
The waterfront facility is the perfect place to watch the freighters go by, hang out with friends and family, or just sit back and enjoy. Weather and shipping updates are displayed throughout the building and free wireless internet access is available. The Vantage Point Maritime Center is home to www.boardnerd.com. Great place to enjoy a great cup of coffee

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

International Blue Water Bridges

International Blue Water Bridges
A link to our Canadian friends, the double span of the Blue Water Bridge are an essential economic link between Ontario and Michigan as well as a wider economic corridor through the United States and southerly to Mexico. The Blue Water Bridges are a major traffic/economic link between Canada and the United States.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Sail Boat Racing - Pure Michigan Minute

Sail Boat Racing - Pure Michigan Minute
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The Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race is a unique combination of Michigan's most valuable resources and Great Lakes traditions. Photojournalist and Michigan's adventure travel expert, Byron Goggin, reveals the competition that is the Port Huron to Mackinac boat race.

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison
The Blue Water Area is rich in history. Visit the many museums that take you back in time. The area has many unique museums with great stories to tell. The Thomas Edison Depot Museum, Huron Lightship Museum, Coast Guard Cutter Bramble Museum, Knowlton Ice Museum and the Carnegie Center for the Arts.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Huron Lightship Museum

Huron Lightship Museum
Enjoy a first hand look at how sailors lived and worked on board the lightship. Lightships were floating lighthouses, anchored in areas that were too deep, expensive or impractical to construct a lighthouse. In 1989 the Huron Lightship was designated a National Historical Landmark, the only lightship on the Great Lakes to be so honored.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Boardwalks

Boardwalks
Port Huron offers several boardwalks to stroll, fish or to just sit and enjoy the beautiful ambiance of the St. Clair and Black Rivers.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Summer Fun

Summer Fun
Over 3,000 floaters participated in the first annual Float Down. Port Huron’s beaches and parks offer that perfect beach bum day away. Visit Lighthouse or Lakeside beach and parks both have picnic facilities, playground areas and the most beautiful beaches to spend your day.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Waterfront Dining

Waterfront Dining
Enjoy, relax and dine in many of the waterfront eateries in the Port Huron area.

Photo courtesy of Blue Water Area Convention and  Visitors Bureau
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Port Huron Campgrounds
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Port Huron KOAPort Huron0
Armstrong's Lakeport ResortLakeport11
Lakeport State ParkLakeport11
Port Huron KOASmiths Creek13
Campgrounds beyond the immediate Port Huron area
Algonac State ParkMarine City18
Ruby Family CampgroundAvoca19
Greenstone CottagesLexington22
Lexington RV ResortLexington22
Emmett KOAEmmett24
Riverview Campground & Marina LLCAlgonac25
Lake Huron CampgroundPort Sanilac33
Sanilac County Forester ParkCarsonville36
Addison Oaks County ParkLeonard50
Attica Pines CampgroundAttica51
Washakie Golf & RV ResortNorth Branch56
Metamora-Hadley Recreation AreaMetamora60
Elba Equestrian ComplexLapeer62
Hilltop CampgroundLapeer62
North Park CampgroundHarbor Beach62
Wagener County ParkHarbor Beach62
Water Tower Travel Trailer ParkLapeer62
Camp Wathana Lodge & Camp RentalsSouthfield65
Sanilac County Evergreen ParkCass City68
Kings Landing RV ResortColumbiaville69
Lighthouse County ParkPort Hope70
 
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