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Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of St. Clair County
St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 164,235, with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 170,119....
. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township
Port Huron Township, Michigan

Port Huron Township is a charter township of St. Clair County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,615 at the 2000 United States Census....
 but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 over the St. Clair River
St. Clair River

The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair , forming part of the United States-Canada border between the Canada province of Ontario and the United States state of Michigan....
 to Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Western Ontario Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Huron
Lake Huron

Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the U.S. state of Michigan, and on the east by the Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America....
 and is the easternmost point on land in Michigan.

The city was a recipient of the All-America City Award
All-America City Award

The All-America City Award is given by the National Civic League annually to ten cities in the United States.The award is the oldest community recognition program in the nation and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results....
 in 2005.

814, Fort Gratiot was established at the base of Lake Huron and was considered the first organized population in the area.






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Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of St. Clair County
St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 164,235, with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 170,119....
. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township
Port Huron Township, Michigan

Port Huron Township is a charter township of St. Clair County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,615 at the 2000 United States Census....
 but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 over the St. Clair River
St. Clair River

The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair , forming part of the United States-Canada border between the Canada province of Ontario and the United States state of Michigan....
 to Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Western Ontario Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Huron
Lake Huron

Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the U.S. state of Michigan, and on the east by the Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America....
 and is the easternmost point on land in Michigan.

The city was a recipient of the All-America City Award
All-America City Award

The All-America City Award is given by the National Civic League annually to ten cities in the United States.The award is the oldest community recognition program in the nation and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results....
 in 2005.

History

In 1814, Fort Gratiot was established at the base of Lake Huron and was considered the first organized population in the area. In 1857, Port Huron became an incorporated city. Port Huron's population grew rapidly after the 1850s due in part to a successful shipbuilding and lumber trade. By 1870, Port Huron's population exceeded that of surrounding villages. In 1871, the Supreme Court designated Port Huron as the County Seat.

On Sunday, October 8 1871, the city, as well as White Rock
White Rock, Michigan

White Rock is a tiny unincorporated area of Sherman Township, Huron County, Michigan at the southeast corner of Huron County, Michigan in the U.S....
 and surrounding areas, burned in a devastating fire
Port Huron Fire of 1871

The Port Huron Fire of Sunday October 8 1871 burned a number of cities including White Rock, Michigan and Port Huron, Michigan, and much of the countryside in the "The Thumb" region of the U.S....
. A series of other fires leveled Holland
Holland, Michigan

Holland is a city in the West Michigan region of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....
 and Manistee
Manistee, Michigan

Manistee is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 6,586. It is the county seat of Manistee County, Michigan....
, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, as well as Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Peshtigo Fire

The October 8, 1871 Peshtigo Fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, is the conflagration that caused the most deaths by fire in United States history. Having occurred on the same day as the more renowned Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire is mostly forgotten....
 and Chicago on the same day.

The following historic sites have been recognized by the State of Michigan through its historic marker program.

  • Fort St. Joseph. The fort was built in 1686 by the French explorer Duluth. This fort was the second European settlement in lower Michigan. This post guarded the upper end of the vital waterway joining Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Designed to bar English traders from the upper lakes, the fort in 1687 was the mobilization center for a war party of French and Indians. In 1688 it was abandoned, but the site became part of Fort Gratiot in 1814. A park now rests where the fort once stood.


  • Fort Gratiot Light. The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
    Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

    Fort Gratiot Light, the first lighthouse in the state of Michigan, was constructed north of Fort Gratiot in 1829 by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S....
     was built in 1829 to replace a tower destroyed by a storm. In the 1860s workers extended the tower to its present height of . The light, automated in 1933, continues to guide shipping on Lake Huron into the narrow and swift-flowing St. Clair River. It was the first lighthouse established in the State of Michigan.


  • Grand Trunk Railroad Depot. The depot, which is now part of the Port Huron Museum, is where 12-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron - Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad's first year of operation, Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the daily trips. He became so successful the he soon placed two newsboys on other Grand Trunk runs to Detroit. He made enough money to support himself and to buy chemicals and other experimental materials.


  • Port Huron Public Library. In 1902 the city of Port Huron secured money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie was a Scotland-born United States industrialist, List of business people, and a major philanthropist. He was an immigrant as a child with his parents....
     to erect a municipal library. In 1904, a grand Beaux-Arts-style structure was built at a cost of $45,000. At its dedication, Melvil Dewey, creator of a widely used book classification system, delivered the opening address. The Port Huron Public Library served in its original capacity for over sixty years. In 1967 a larger public library was constructed. The following year the former library opened as the Port Huron Museum of Arts and History. A rear addition was constructed in 1988.


  • The Harrington Hotel. The Hotel opened in 1896. It is a blend of Romanesque, Classical and Queen Anne architecture. The hotel closed in 1986, but a group of investors bought the structure that same year to convert it into housing for senior citizens. The Harrington Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
    National Register of Historic Places

    The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
    .


  • The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Tunnel
    St. Clair Tunnel

    The St. Clair Tunnel is the name for two separate rail tunnels which were built under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan....
    . The tunnel was opened in 1891 and links Port Huron, Michigan with Canada. This international submarine railway tunnel was the first international tunnel in the world. The tunnel's total length is , with underwater. The tunnel operations were electrified in 1908 and then converted to diesel fuel in 1958. Tracks were lowered in 1949 to accommodate larger freight cars. During World War I, a plot to blast the tunnel was foiled. A new tunnel has since been opened.


  • In 1962, a convention of the Students for a Democratic Society
    Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)

    Students for a Democratic Society was, historically, a student activism movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country's New Left....
     was held in the city. While there they developed the Port Huron Statement
    Port Huron Statement

    The Port Huron Statement is the manifesto of the American student activism movement Students for a Democratic Society , written primarily by Tom Hayden, then the Field Secretary of SDS, and completed on June 15, 1962 at an SDS convention in Port Huron, Michigan....
    , the SDS manifesto.


Geography

  • According to the United States Census Bureau
    United States Census Bureau

    The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
    , the city has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.7 km²), of which, 8.1 square miles (20.9 km²) of it is land and 4.2 square miles (10.8 km²) of it (33.99%) is water.
  • It is considered to be part of the Thumb
    The Thumb

    The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten; thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten....
     of Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
    , which in turn is a subregion of the Flint/Tri-Cities
    Flint/Tri-Cities

    The Flint/Tri-Cities area is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the United States state of Michigan. The Flint/Tri-Cities region has two subregions, The Thumb and the Tri-Cities ....
     although Port Huron aligns itself more with the Detroit Metro area..
    • Port Huron is the principal city of the Blue Water Area, a subregion of the Thumb.
  • The eastern most point of Michigan can be found in Port Huron, just south of the Blue Water Bridge.


Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 32,338 people, 12,961 households, and 8,048 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 4,001.9 per square mile (1,545.3/km²). There were 14,003 housing units at an average density of 1,732.9/sq mi (669.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.69% White, 7.74% African American, 0.87% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.32% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 2.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.28% of the population. 23.9% were of German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
, 10.1% Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, 9.4% English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
, 8.6% United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 or American and 6.1% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 12,961 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,327, and the median income for a family was $39,869. Males had a median income of $32,053 versus $22,113 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $17,100. About 13.4% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

Port Huron is the largest city in the thumb area, and is a major center of industry and trade in the Thumb
The Thumb

The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten; thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten....
.

Government

The City of Port Huron is organized under the City Council/City Manager form of government. The City Council is responsible for appointing a City Manager, who is the Chief Administrative Officer of the City. The Manager supervises the administrative affairs of the City and carries out the policies established by the City Council. As the Chief Administrative Officer, the City Manager is responsible for the organization of the administrative branch and has the power to appoint and remove administrative officers who are responsible for the operation of departments which carry out specific functions. The City Council consists of seven elected officials a mayor and six council members who hold a two year term of office. The current mayor is Brian Moeller.

Transportation

Blue Water Bridge

Major highways

Two Interstates terminate at the Port Huron-to-Sarnia Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
, and they meet Highway 402 (Ontario)
Highway 402 (Ontario)

Highway 402 is a 400-series highways in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km from the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ontario to Highway 401 in London, Ontario....
.
I 69
 I-69
Interstate 69

Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
 enters the area from the west, coming from Lansing and Flint, terminating at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 in Port Huron.
I 94
 enters the Port Huron area from the southwest, having traversed the entire Metro Detroit region, and, along with I-69, terminates at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
 in Port Huron. On the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 side of the border, in Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Western Ontario Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St....
, the route heads easterly designated as Highway 402.
Business Loop 94
 I-94 Business Loop
Business Loop 69
 I-69 Business Loop
M 25
 M-25
M-25 (Michigan highway)

M-25 is a Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan. The route follows an arc-like shape closely along the Lake Huron shore of the Thumb in the eastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan between Port Huron, Michigan and Bay City, Michigan....
 follows the Lake Huron/Saginaw Bay shoreline, beginning in Bay City
Bay City, Michigan

Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city's population was 36,817, with the United States Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 34,026....
 and ending in at junction I-94
Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east-west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S....
/I-69
Interstate 69

Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
, and BL I-94/BL I-69 on the north side of the city.
M 29
 M-29
M-29 (Michigan highway)

M-29 is a Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs in a south-north direction from Chesterfield Township, Michigan to Marysville, Michigan....
 begins at BL I-94 in Marysville just south of the city and continues southerly.
M 136
 M-136
M-136 (Michigan highway)

M-136 is a Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs from Brockway, Michigan to north of Port Huron, Michigan in the lower The Thumb of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan....
 runs west from M-25 to M-19.
Ontario 402
 Highway 402 (Ontario)
Highway 402 (Ontario)

Highway 402 is a 400-series highways in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km from the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ontario to Highway 401 in London, Ontario....
 begins in Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Western Ontario Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St....
, across the river from Port Huron and at the eastern end of the Blue Water Bridge
Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
.


Mass transit

The Blue Water Area Transit system, created in 1976, includes eight routes in the Port Huron area. Blue Water Transit operates the Blue Water Trolley, which provides a one hour tour of various local points of interest. Recently, Blue Water Area Transit received a grant from the state to buy new buses for a route between the Port Huron hub and New Baltimore
New Baltimore, Michigan

New Baltimore is a city in Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,405 at the United States Census, 2000. New Baltimore is in Metropolitan Detroit....
 about south. Commuters could take an express bus traveling down I-94
Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east-west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S....
 and get off at the 23 Mile Road SMART Bus stop. At the same time, another bus will travel down M-25
M-25 (Michigan highway)

M-25 is a Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan. The route follows an arc-like shape closely along the Lake Huron shore of the Thumb in the eastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan between Port Huron, Michigan and Bay City, Michigan....
 and M-29
M-29 (Michigan highway)

M-29 is a Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs in a south-north direction from Chesterfield Township, Michigan to Marysville, Michigan....
 and pick up commuters in Marysville
Marysville, Michigan

Marysville is a city in St. Clair County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,684 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Saint Clair and Algonac
Algonac, Michigan

Algonac is a city in St. Clair County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,613 at the 2000 United States Census.Algonac is located at the southern end of the St....
 before ending up at the same stop on road. This new system will help people in St. Clair County
St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 164,235, with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 170,119....
 travel through Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the United States metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan Michigan centered on the city of Detroit....
.

Rail

  • Main article: Michigan Services
    Michigan Services

    Michigan Services is an umbrella term used by Amtrak to describe passenger rail service by three separate routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Port Huron, Michigan, and Detroit, Michigan, as well as other stations along the three lines....
  • Amtrak
    Amtrak

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
     provides intercity passenger rail service on the Blue Water
    Michigan Services

    Michigan Services is an umbrella term used by Amtrak to describe passenger rail service by three separate routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Port Huron, Michigan, and Detroit, Michigan, as well as other stations along the three lines....
     route from Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
     to Port Huron.
  • Two class one freight railroads operate in Port Huron - Canadian National Railway
    Canadian National Railway

    The Canadian National Railway is a Canada Class I railroad operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec....
     (CN) and CSX Transportation
    CSX Transportation

    CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation. It is one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway....
     (CSXT).


Airports

St. Clair County International Airport
St. Clair County International Airport

St. Clair County International Airport is a public airport located five miles southwest of the central business district of Port Huron, Michigan, a city in St....
 is a public airport located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district.

Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport
Sarnia (Chris Hadfield) Airport

Sarnia Airport, , is located east northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency....
, located across the St. Clair River in Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Western Ontario Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St....
, offers daily service to Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport operated by Air Georgian
Air Georgian

Air Georgian is an airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It was established and started operations in 1994 and operates as a charter passenger and cargo carrier....
, a regional affiliate of Air Canada
Air Canada

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and flag carrier. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to 160 destinations worldwide....
.

College

  • St. Clair County Community College
    St. Clair County Community College

    St. Clair County Community College, or SC4 is a two-year community college located in Port Huron, Michigan. It serves as the primary center of higher education for the Blue Water Area....
  • Baker College
    Baker College

    Baker College is a private not-for-profit United States college in Michigan, founded in 1911. Its campuses are located throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan....
     - Port Huron Campus


Parks

The City of Port Huron owns and operates 17 waterfront areas containing and 3.5 miles (6 km) of water frontage. This includes three public beaches and six parks with picnic facilities. The city also has nine scenic turnout sites containing over 250 parking spaces. Port Huron operates the largest municipal marina system in the state and has five separate locations for boat mooring.

The City has 14 public parks, 4 smaller-sized “tot” parks, 19 playgrounds (City owned), 9 playgrounds (School owned), 33 tennis courts, including 16 at schools and 6 indoors, 3 public beaches, 4 public swimming pools, 1 community center, and 1 public parkway.

Culture

  • There are a number of museums in town. The Port Huron Museum
    Port Huron Museum

    The Port Huron Museum is a series of five museums located in Port Huron, Michigan, USA. It includes the Carnegie Center -- Port Huron Museum, Huron Lightship, Thomas Edison Depot Museum, USCGC Bramble , and Fort Gratiot Lighthouse....
     is a series of five museums, namely:
    • Carnegie Center -- Port Huron Museum
      Carnegie Center -- Port Huron Museum

      Carnegie Center -- Port Huron Museum is the main building in the Port Huron, Michigan museum system. The building was financed by a $40,000.00 donation from Pittsburgh philanthropist and steel entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie....
    • Huron Lightship
      Huron Lightship

      The United States lightship Huron is a lightvessel that was launched in 1920 and now a museum ship moored in Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Michigan, St....
    • Thomas Edison Depot Museum
      Thomas Edison Depot Museum

      The Thomas Edison Depot Museum is located underneath the Blue Water Bridge connecting Port Huron, Michigan to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The depot is owned and operated by the Port Huron Museum and is the actual depot that inventor Thomas Edison worked out of as a news butcher between 1859 and 1863....
    • USCGC Bramble (WLB-392)
      USCGC Bramble (WLB-392)

      The USCGC Bramble was built by Zenith Dredge Company in Duluth, Minnesota. Bramble's preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth....
    • Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
      Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

      Fort Gratiot Light, the first lighthouse in the state of Michigan, was constructed north of Fort Gratiot in 1829 by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S....


  • The present over 50 concerts each year with its Fiddle Club, Faculty and Student Ensembles. It provides a premier music education across the area with more than half its graduates going on to professional studies in major music school across the country.


  • There are a number of recurring local events. A calendar is available.


  • Each year, the Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race
    Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race

    The Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race is run by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with over two hundred boats entering the race each year....
     is held, with a starting point in Port Huron north of the Blue Water Bridge
    Blue Water Bridge

    The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span bridge that spans the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, a small village surrounded by but independent of Sarnia, Ontario....
    . The race finishes at Mackinac Island
    Mackinac Island, Michigan

    Mackinac Island is a city located on Mackinac Island and Round Island in Mackinac County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total year-round population of 523, although there are thousands more during the Mackinac Island....
    , Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
    , crossing Lake Huron
    Lake Huron

    Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the U.S. state of Michigan, and on the east by the Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America....
    . It is considered by some boaters to be a warm-up for the longer Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race
    Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race

    The Chicago to Mackinac Sailboat Race is run by the Chicago Yacht Club. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with hundreds of boats entering the race each year....
    .


  • The Port Huron Civic Theatre
    Port Huron Civic Theatre

    The Port Huron Civic Theatre is a historical theatre which started in 1956 in the town of Port Huron, Michigan. For sixteen years, PHLT brought 84 productions to the McMorran Place stage....
     began in 1956 by a group of theater lovers. Since 1983, it has used McMorran Place
    McMorran Place

    McMorran Place is a multipurpose convention center located in Port Huron, Michigan in the United States. McMorran Place comprises three facilities: The Arena, The Pavilion, and The Theatre....
     for its productions.


  • The main branch of the is located in downtown Port Huron. The library contains more than 285,300 books, nearly 200 magazine subscriptions, and over 22,700 books on tape, books on compact disc, music compact discs, cassettes, and videos.


  • The perform events at McMorran Place
    McMorran Place

    McMorran Place is a multipurpose convention center located in Port Huron, Michigan in the United States. McMorran Place comprises three facilities: The Arena, The Pavilion, and The Theatre....
     and the Imperial Oil Centre for the Performing Arts in Sarnia.


  • Encompassing over 100 homes and buildings, the is Port Huron's first and only residential historic district. The is a non-profit organization working to preserve historic architecture in Port Huron. They host an annual historic home tour, flower plantings and beautification, neighborhood Christmas decorations and a historic vintage base ball
    Vintage base ball

    Vintage Base Ball is baseball presented as being played by rules and customs from an earlier period in the sport's history. Games are typically played using rules and uniforms from the 1850s, 1860s and 1880s....
     team, the .

Notable Residents

  • Leo Anthony, Sr., Motorcycle Hall of Fame
    Motorcycle Hall of Fame

    The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is located near Columbus, Ohio, United States suburb of Pickerington, Ohio. The Motorcycle Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have contributed to motorcycle sport, motorcycle construction and motorcycling in general....
     inductee, dirt-bike champion of the 1930s and 1940's
  • Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb....
     - Inventor, entrepreneur (born in Milan
    Milan, Ohio

    Milan is a village #Ohio in Erie County, Ohio and Huron County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,445 at the United States Census 2000....
    , Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
    ; later settled in Port Huron) (1854 - 1863)
  • Obadiah Gardner
    Obadiah Gardner

    Obadiah Gardner was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Maine. Gardner was a businessman and member of the United States Democratic Party who served in several minor state executive positions before serving a single six-year term in the United States Senate....
    , US Senator for Maine
    Maine

    The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
  • Terry McMillan
    Terry McMillan

    Terry McMillan is an African-American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. She received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley....
     - Award-winning author of Waiting to Exhale
    Waiting to Exhale

    Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 in film romance film which stars Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett and directed by Forest Whitaker. The movie was adapted from the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and also stars Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon....
    , and How Stella Got Her Groove Back
    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 in film romance film, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. The film stars Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg and Regina King....
  • Colleen Moore
    Colleen Moore

    Colleen Moore was an United States film actor, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era....
    , silent movie era actress
  • Cleve Moore , silent movie era actor (younger brother of Colleen Moore)
  • Omar D. Conger
    Omar D. Conger

    Omar Dwight Conger was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan.Conger was born in Cooperstown, New York and moved with his father, the Rev....
    , U.S. Senator for Michigan
  • Henry Gordon McMorran, U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District from 1903 to 1913. (1844-1929)
  • Michael Mallory
    Michael Mallory

    Michael Mallory is a recognized authority on the subjects of animation and post-war pop culture, and the author of the books Hanna-Barbera Cartoons , Marvel: The Characters and Their Universe and X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe....
    , author
  • Joseph "Baldy" Belmont, silent film actor
  • Felix Watts
    Felix Watts

    Felix John Watts was an accomplished inventor with several U.S. patents granted for items such as motion picture projectors, vehicle ignition systems, light switches, locking mechanisms, etc....
     Inventor
  • Saint-B Canadian born Hip-Hop artist


Media


Radio

See also: Template:Thumb Radio


The thumb area is an unranked radio area. Radio Stations heard thought a large majority of the thumb are WTGV-FM, WMIC
WMIC

WMIC is a news/talk and Country music radio station licensed to Sandusky, Michigan. WMIC signed on the air at 1560 kHz on June 27, 1968, and changed its frequency to the current 660 in 1987, serving Sandusky, Michigan, the Thumb and the Blue Water area of Michigan....
 AM, and WPHM
WPHM

WPHM is a news, talk radio and sports radio station in Port Huron, Michigan that broadcasts on AM 1380 with 5,000 watts. WPHM is owned by Radio First....
 AM. Some stations from Detroit, Flint and Southwestern Ontario can also be heard.
FM

  • WNFA
    WNFA

    WNFA is a Contemporary Christian music radio station in Port Huron, Michigan, USA, branded as "Bluewater Christian Hit Radio". WNFA broadcasts on 88.3 FM radio with 1,300 watts....
     88.3 FM, Port Huron, Power 883
  • WNFR
    WNFR

    WNFR, broadcasting at 90.7 FM radio, is a Christianity music and talk radio station licensed to Sandusky, Michigan. WNFR has a studio located in Port Huron, Michigan, and a 42,000 watt directional transmitter at Jeddo, near the Sanilac County, Michigan/St....
     90.7 FM, Port Huron
  • WSGR-FM
    WSGR-FM

    WSGR-FM is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Port Huron, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1974....
     91.3 FM, Port Huron, The Bluewater Area's Only True Alternative
  • WBGV
    WBGV

    WBGV is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Marlette, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1999. It serves the central area of the thumb, and can be heard as far away as Port Huron, Michigan, Lapeer, Michigan, Romeo, Michigan, and Bad Axe, Michigan....
     92.5 FM, Marlette, Today's Best Country
  • WBTI
    WBTI

    WBTI is a Hot AC radio station in Lexington, Michigan. It broadcasts on 96.9 MHz with 6,000 and is owned by Radio First. This is the third owner in the station's 15-year history....
     96.9 FM, Port Huron, Today's Hit Music
  • WTGV 97.7 FM, Sandusky, Light & Easy Listining
  • CFGX-FM
    CFGX-FM

    CFGX is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 99.9 FM radio in Sarnia, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format with the brand name The Fox....
     99.9 FM, The Fox FM, Your perfect Music Mix
  • WGRT
    WGRT

    WGRT is an adult contemporary radio station in Port Huron, Michigan, Michigan. It is owned by Port Huron Family Radio and broadcasts with a power of 3,000 watts....
     102.3 FM, Port Huron , Your Great Music Station
  • CHKS 106.3 FM, Sarnia ON, K106.3 Sarnia/Port Huron's Best Rock
  • WSAQ
    WSAQ

    WSAQ is a country music radio station in Port Huron, Michigan known as Q Country 107. It began broadcasting August 7, 1964 on 107.1 MHz with 6,000 watts, and remains the same today ....
     107.1 FM, Port Huron, Q Country


AM
  • WMIC
    WMIC

    WMIC is a news/talk and Country music radio station licensed to Sandusky, Michigan. WMIC signed on the air at 1560 kHz on June 27, 1968, and changed its frequency to the current 660 in 1987, serving Sandusky, Michigan, the Thumb and the Blue Water area of Michigan....
     660 AM, Sandusky, The Thumb's Information Station
  • CHOK
    Chok

    Chok is a Singaporean masculine given name, and may refer to:* Goh Chok Tong , second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore* Lionel Chok , Singaporean film-maker and director...
     1070 AM, Sarnia ON, CHOK Country
  • WPHM
    WPHM

    WPHM is a news, talk radio and sports radio station in Port Huron, Michigan that broadcasts on AM 1380 with 5,000 watts. WPHM is owned by Radio First....
     1380 AM, Port Huron, Information Radio 1380


Newspaper

  • The Port Huron Times Herald , a daily local newspaper serving St Clair County and Sanilac counties. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns the Detroit Free Press
    Detroit Free Press

    The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press....
     and USA Today
    USA Today

    'USA TODAY' is a national United States daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Allen Neuharth. The paper has the widest newspaper circulation of any newspaper in the United States , and among English-language broadsheets, it comes second worldwide, behind only the 2.6 million daily paid copies of The Times of...
    .
  • Daily editions of the Detroit Free Press
    Detroit Free Press

    The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press....
     and The Detroit News
    The Detroit News

    The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the United States city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873 when it rented space in the rival Detroit Free Press's building....
     are also available throughout the area.


Broadcast Television

St. Clair County lies in the Detroit television market. Channels available on Comcast
Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
 are as follows:

Detroit Area
  • WJBK
    WJBK

    WJBK, channel 2, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station television station in Detroit, Michigan. Its studios and 1003-foot tower are co-located in Southfield, Michigan while its signal covers the Metro Detroit area....
     2 (Fox
    Fox Broadcasting Company

    The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
    )
  • WDIV
    WDIV-TV

    WDIV-TV, channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Post-Newsweek Stations and is the flagship station and home base of the group with the offices of the group located alongside WDIV's studios; the "Local" branding now utilized by all stations in the group was launched here al...
     4 (NBC)
  • WXYZ
    WXYZ-TV

    WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is the American Broadcasting Company affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company and is the media company's largest TV station....
     7 (ABC)
  • WMYD
    WMYD

    'WMYD' is Detroit, Michigan's MyNetworkTV affiliate station, owned and operated by Granite Broadcasting. The station offers a blend of cartoons, off-network sitcoms, first-run syndicated reality/talk/court shows and first-run network programming; WMYD also carries Fox Broadcasting Company's Saturday morning infomercial block, Weekend Marketp...
     20 (MyNetworkTV
    MyNetworkTV

    MyNetworkTV is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation. It is the lowest-rated of the six major US English-language commercial broadcast networks....
    )
  • WPXD
    WPXD

    WPXD is a television station licensed to Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the Ion Television network affiliate for the Southeastern Michigan market....
     31 (Ion)
  • WADL
    WADL (TV)

    WADL is a full-power, commercially licensed broadcast television station in the Midwestern United States. As an independent station television station licensed to the town of Mount Clemens, Michigan, the station serves the entire Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area....
     38 (independent
    Independent station

    An independent station is television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any Television network....
    )
  • WKBD
    WKBD

    WKBD, channel 50, is an owned-and-operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with sister station WWJ-TV ....
     50 (The CW)
  • WTVS
    WTVS

    'WTVS', branded as 'Detroit Public Television', is the Public Broadcasting Service member station in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan. Broadcasting since 1955, its vision statement is "educate, entertain and inspire ? in partnership with our community." The viewer supported station produces many local programs including Get Up! Get Out, In...
     56 (PBS
    Public Broadcasting Service

    The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
    )


Southwestern Ontario
  • CBET
    CBET

    CBET, channel 9, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's O&O television station in Windsor, Ontario. The station's signal also covers the Detroit, Michigan area across the international border in the United States, and is carried on cable television systems as far south as Sandusky, Ohio and as far north as Flint, Michigan....
     9 (CBC)
  • CIII
    CIII-TV

    CIII-TV is a television station owned by Canwest that serves much of the population of the Canada province of Ontario, featuring content localized for the city of Toronto....
     29 (Global
    Global Television Network

    Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
    )


St. Clair County also receive the following stations from the Sarnia area, but are currently not carried on cable:

  • CFPL
    CFPL-TV

    CFPL-TV is a television station owned by CTVglobemedia, which serves the London, Ontario and Sarnia, Ontario regions of Ontario, Canada.CFPL is part of the A system, and is currently the flagship station of a mini-system of stations in southwestern Ontario including CHWI-TV in Wheatley, Ontario, which serves the Windsor, Ontario and Chath...
     10 ("A")
  • CBLN 34 (CBC)
  • CKCO
    CKCO-TV

    CKCO-TV is a television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network, and has been branded CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005....
     42 (CTV
    CTV television network

    CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
    )
  • CHCH
    CHCH-TV

    CHCH-TV, channel 11, is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with additional transmitters throughout Ontario. Since 2001, it has been operated by Canwest as the flagship of its secondary television system, known as E! ....
     51 (E! Canada
    E! (Canada)

    E! is an English language privately-owned television system in Canada, owned by Canwest. Currently the system consists of eight local television stations located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, including five stations owned by Canwest and three affiliates owned by Jim Pattison Group....
    )
  • CICO
    TVOntario

    TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, is a publicly-funded, educational English language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario....
     59 (TVOntario
    TVOntario

    TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, is a publicly-funded, educational English language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario....
    )
  • CBLFT
    CBLFT

    CBLFT is the T?l?vision de Radio-Canada television station serving Franco-Ontarians in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western Ontario, Central Ontario and Northeastern Ontario regions....
     68 (Radio-Canada
    Télévision de Radio-Canada

    T?l?vision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in french as Soci?t? Radio-Canada....
    )


Local Sports Teams

PROFESSIONAL
The following professional team plays at McMorran Place
McMorran Place

McMorran Place is a multipurpose convention center located in Port Huron, Michigan in the United States. McMorran Place comprises three facilities: The Arena, The Pavilion, and The Theatre....
:
  • Port Huron IceHawks
    Port Huron Icehawks

    The Port Huron Icehawks are a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Port Huron, Michigan. They are a member of the International Hockey League and play their home games at McMorran Arena....
     - professional hockey (International Hockey League (2007-))


  • Baseball
    Baseball

    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
- Vintage Base Ball
Vintage base ball

Vintage Base Ball is baseball presented as being played by rules and customs from an earlier period in the sport's history. Games are typically played using rules and uniforms from the 1850s, 1860s and 1880s....
 played by 1860's rules and customs

See also

  • Port Huron Statement
    Port Huron Statement

    The Port Huron Statement is the manifesto of the American student activism movement Students for a Democratic Society , written primarily by Tom Hayden, then the Field Secretary of SDS, and completed on June 15, 1962 at an SDS convention in Port Huron, Michigan....
  • the Thumb
    The Thumb

    The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten; thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten....
  • Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm
    Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm

    This is a list of shipwrecks during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913....


Photo gallery



External links

  • Residential historic district


Surrounding communities