The Great Lakes Maritime Center (GLMC) offers a variety of opportunities to learn about the history and current events of the Great Lakes. Video formats, displays, and speaker programs present a wide range of information.

 

Also inside the Maritime Center, you'll meet "Freighter Frank" Frisk and his world headquarters for BoatNerd.com. It is the most widely-used website for Great Lakes maritime information.

 

Hey, maybe you'd like a snack, lunch, or a cup of coffee and donut from the newly opened Waterfront Deli inside the Maritime Center!

 

A live underwater camera (inside the Maritime Center) lets you view activity under the St. Clair River. Plus, a displayed schedule of ship travels - in actual time - is available. The Maritime Center is at the junction of the Black and St. Clair Rivers. You can watch graceful freighters pass right in front of you - less than a quarter mile away. You can sit on a sun-soaked deck or watch from a warm, dry room inside.

  

 

Check out our programs and events at our Event Calendar.

Bring your laptop and surf the 'Net on the free WiFi.

Host your next maritime-related meeting. (up to 64, apply here.)

  

 

Step outside the Maritime Center (except during winter months) to the Mama Vickie's Coney Island French fries truck and have some delicious fries and a hot dog to die for!  

 

 Or, maybe stop at the Mackinac Island Creamery ice cream wagon at Vantage Point (except during winter months).  You can enjoy premium ice cream in a cone, sundae or float.  Plus, you can buy popcorn, soft drinks or delicious fudge shipped directly from Mackinac Island!

 

A wind turbine and solar panel facility, owned and operated by the St. Clair County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), was dedicated in 2010 at Vantage Point.  Information from the turbine and panels will be downloaded onto a website, which will be shared with the St. Clair County Community College to be used during classes teaching alternative energy.

  

Vantage Point is located at 51 Water Street in Port Huron, Michigan, just 2 miles south from the end of I-94 and the Blue Water Bridges.  It is where the Black and St. Clair Rivers meet.

Map to Vantage Point

City	Distance	Travel Time (hrs)
Sterling Heights, MI	50 mi.	0:45
Ann Arbor, MI	100 mi	1:30
Lansing, MI	120 mi	1:50
Toronto, Ontario	185 mi (300 km)	3:00
Chicago, IL	340 mi.	5:00
Buffalo, NY	220 mi	3:40