Be A Tourist in Your Own Town Port Huron, MI

Be A Tourist in Your Own Town Port Huron, MI Over a dozen great tour stops -- narrated trolley rides from 10am to 4pm! Like our page to keep up

07/03/2019

Here it is! Blue Water Area Transit's new aquamarine trolley was inaugurated and put into service on July 2nd. The new trolley ( #5) was designed and manufactured by Home Town Trolley Company of Crandon, Wisconsin. Hometown began designing to Blue Water’s specifications – including being low-floor and fully ADA compliant -- in April of 2018 and began construction in November. After a brief manufacturing respite due to a collapsed roof from winter snows at their manufacturing facility, it was completed and driven to Blue Water Transit in June. The new trolley was paid for in full by a Federal CMAQ Grant. And the best news: the narrated 1-hour tour is STILL only 10 cents! For more information, visit our website (bwbus.com) or pick up a brochure at our Downtown Transit Bus Center.

Free Trolley Ride:Be A Tourist in Your Own Town!JUNE 2, 2018 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.Be a Tourist in Your Own Town is a ch...
05/24/2018

Free Trolley Ride:Be A Tourist in Your Own Town!
JUNE 2, 2018 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Be a Tourist in Your Own Town is a chance for visitors and area residents to discover and rediscover the attractions and history that make Port Huron the Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes. A family day filled with lots to do and see.
The event will feature many signature attractions of Port Huron. Drive or board the free trolleys and buses that will run continuously between points of interest, get on and off as you wish. Explore the River Walk, tour Michigan’s oldest working lighthouse, see how a Sea Cadet training ship oper-ates, and learn the history of ice harvesting. Visit the original depot Thomas Edison worked in as a young inventor and dig for fossils at the science museum. There is something for everyone to enjoy. Port Huron has a variety of downtown restaurants and a new collection of outdoor art sculptures located throughout the city. Most attractions are free or discounted for the day, prices are noted.
See more at: Tourist in Your Own Town website and Face-book page. Check the Bluewater Area Visitors Bureau web-site.

TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
The “Be a Tourist“ trolleys and buses will run two routes continuously north and south of the Black River from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. transferring at the Bluewater Area Transit Depot next to the McMorran Place.
The Blue Water Narrated Trolley will run its regular schedule on the hour from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Free!

BLUE WATER STURGEON FESTIVAL
The Sturgeon Festival is free, but advanced ticket purchases are required for the Huron Lady Sturgeon Cruises. More in-formation can be found at www.SturgeonFestival.com

HURON LADY STURGEON CRUISE
10:00 a.m. • 11:30 a.m. • 1:30 p.m. www.huronlady.com
Located at the Great Lakes Maritime Center

Check out all the great stops on the trolley tour for Be A Tourist!!
06/02/2017

Check out all the great stops on the trolley tour for Be A Tourist!!

06/01/2017

“Tourist in Your Own Town” 2017
South Tourist Route
Bluewater Area Transit Depot—Tourist Bus Transfer to north and south attractions. Buses leave at regular intervals. Waiting area and Public restrooms. FREE!

Studio 1219 Art Gallery - View art exhibits, pottery and stained glass demos and some special demonstrations.
Woman’s Life building - Tour this historic building and learn some vivid history of Port Huron. Featured this year is a tour of the Woman’s Life Insurance building on Military Street at Chestnut Street. It is on the Be a Tourist route because it is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year — and it is one of three founding members of the Blue Water Area Chamber of Commerce that is still operating.

Coast Guard Cutter Bramble – (pull in the parking lot at the bottom of the hill) Visit this former Coast Guard vessel and the rich history of the past, $5.00

YMCA of the Blue Water Area - Demonstrations, open house, Robotics Team Demonstration in front of the YMCA along the road.

The GrayFox - Tour a former Navy ship and watch Sea Cadet Boatswain demonstrations, meet the Sea Cadets that train. See the Sea Cadets in action.

Blue Water Sturgeon Festival – Extending down the sidewalk along Vantage point. Annual Festival that informs the public of the fish that inhabit the rivers and lakes.

Vantage Point - Flower Market, and much more, explore the River walk and Shop.

Huron Lady – The ship will be out for Sturgeon festival tours, no tickets available


Buses will run from 10 am to 4 pm at 10 minute intervals.

06/01/2017

“Tourist in Your Own Town” 2017
North Tourist Route

Blue Water Area Transit Bus Center— Tourist Bus Transfer to north and south attractions. Buses leave at regular intervals. Waiting area and Public restrooms. FREE!
Knowlton Ice Museum of North America - History of ice harvesting, short film, kid’s crafts.

Huron Lightship - Tour the last lightship to operate on the Great Lakes $3 each person or family maximum (2 adults, up to 4 kids) $10.00.

Thomas Edison Depot Museum - Visit the actual Depot where Thomas Edison worked $3 each person or family max (2 adults, up to 4 kids) $10.00.

Fort Gratiot Light Station Tower Climb—See the real “View of the Blue” $5.00 per person. Closed shoes only, no flip flops sandals for your safety

SC4 Nasr Natural Science Museum—Free hands on activities, along with hundreds of artifacts and exhibits spanning Earth’s history.

SC4 Fine Arts Building Galleries- “Sketches to Sculptures, Rendered Reality, Sixty Years” with Marshall M. Fredericks.

SC4 Tower - Free Tower Tour. Climb the 188 steps for a bird’s eye view of the City


Buses will run from 10 am to 4 pm at 10 minute intervals.

Here's what there is to do during "Be a Tourist in Your Own Town!"
05/25/2017

Here's what there is to do during "Be a Tourist in Your Own Town!"

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Port Huron, MI
48060

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