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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Discover Boating and more at the Progressive® Metro Boat Show Commerce Twp., Mich., August 13, 2024 - Mark your calendar! The fifteenth annual Progressive® Metro Boat Show, the largest in-water boat show in the Midwest spanning a mile long footprint, is coming to Lake St. Clair Metropark September 12-15 with boats up to 50

by: Nicki Polan

tags: Boat Show, Events, Fall Boating, Lake St Clair

Monday, August 21, 2023

– On Sunday, July 30 the Huron-Clinton Metroparks partnered with the Lake St. Clair Walleye Association to host a kid’s fishing tournament. The walleye association has been hosting the event for 20 years, but this year the Metroparks partnered with them to bring additional awareness and attendance to the event, and get

by: Huron-Clinton Metroparks

tags: Fishing, Lake St Clair, Michigan

Monday, January 16, 2023

Nestled between Southeast Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario is the second-largest non-Great-Lake in the Midwest: Lake St. Clair. Measuring 26 miles long and 24 miles wide, this inland lake is often called the "sixth Great Lake" that connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie via the St. Clair River and the Detroit River systems.

by: Dave Lorenz, VP of Travel Michigan

tags: Destination, Lake St Clair, Lake St.Clair

Monday, July 18, 2022

Detroit, MI – “Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale,” a documentary that follows preservationists’ efforts to save America’s oldest surviving passenger steamships from the scrapyard, will have its theatrical release in September 2022 through Emagine Entertainment. Told from the perspective of the beloved

by: Boblo Boats Film

tags: Education, Feel Good Story, History, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Welcome to Lands End Marine, formally known as Lands' End Marina Inc. Now under new management and ownership find out how the company is expanding into a full-service marine facility that offers best-in-class boat sales, storage, and service from the best big water location in Southeast Michigan. 

tags: Company Expansions, Dealerships, Engines, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair, Service & Repair

Monday, April 5, 2021

Hunt Yachts has found its way to the Great Lakes by becoming a part of the Vermilion Yacht Sales family. Check out their line in a recent article.

tags: Dealerships, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair, New Boat Models

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

SkipperBud’s buys Antique Mall! What?? Why? To create a boat service center for Genesse and Oakland County boaters. SkipperBud’s has acquired the former Great Midwestern Antique Emporium on three acres in Oakland County Michigan. The property located at 5233 Dixie Highway, Waterford Township, MI will serve as a boat

tags: Company Expansions, Lake St Clair

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Great Lakes Boating Festival vendors and supporters, Based on the current conditions in the state of Michigan with COVID-19 virus and the status of this pandemic we find it necessary to Cancel the Boat Show at the GPYC scheduled for May 15-17. At this time, it would be difficult to expect a gathering of a large number of folks in

tags: Boat Show, COVID-19, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Originally, the Detroit Boat Show had late January dates, similar to most boat shows around the country. However, as the North American International Auto Show grew bigger and bigger, the Detroit Boat Show got pushed further and further into February. No more! In July of 2018, the Auto Show announced its date change to June starting

by: Nicki Polan, MBIA Executive Director

tags: Boat Show, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St Clair

Thursday, August 22, 2019

The Michigan Boating Industries Association is celebrating 10 years of producing the Metro Boat Show at Lake St. Clair Metropark this September 12-15. The show has grown each year and is the largest in-water boat show in the Midwest, spanning more than a mile long into both the North and South Marinas. The picturesque setting along

tags: Boat Show, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair

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