Michigan Counties - St Clair County

St. Clair County is known as the Blue Water Area. The St. Clair River is one
of the heaviest traveled rivers in the world. It is part of the world's longest
shipping canal, the 2,347 mile St. Lawrence Seaway. Watching the freighters
passing up and down the river is a wonderful, peaceful pastime.

Traces of relics from a race known as "Mount Builders" were found in
the St Clair River area. Fort St Joseph became the first white settlement in
1868 on the St Clair River. This fort was built by the French to try and keep
the British out of the Great Lakes. Soon after this the first sawmills of
the Northwest Territory were erected on the banks of this river. This is where
the main site for shipbuilding. After the war of 1812 Fort Gratiot was built, which
was located at the foot of Lake Huron. It was built to try and control the
traffic on the Great Lakes. By the middle 1800's sawmills were operating along the
Black and St Clair Rivers. The forest fires of 1871 and 1881 ended the lumbering
industry in this region. Other industries such as shipbuilding, mining, salt
manufacturing, saved the economy. The Blue Water Bridge was built in 1938 allowing
international trade with Canada. The St Clair River is one of the busiest in the
world. Ships from all over the world pass through. This area hosts the annual
Port Huron to Mackinac Island sailboat race.

CITIES WITHIN

Abbottsford - Adair - Algonac (48801) - Allenton (48002)
Anchorville (48004) - Atkins - Avoca (48006) - Bedore
Berlin (48002) - Berville (48002) - Blaine - Brockway (48097)
Burtchville (48059) - Capac (48014) - Casco (48064) - China (48054)
Clay (48001) - Clyde - Columbus (48063) - Cottrelville (48039)
East China (48054) - Emmett (48022) - Fair Haven (48023)
Fargo (48006) - Forster - Fort Gratiot (48059) - Gardendale
Goodells (48027) - Grant Township (48032) - Greenwood (48006)
Harsens Island (48028) - Hawthorne Ira (48023) - Jeddo (48032)
Keewahdin - Kenockee (48006) - Kimball (48074) - Lakeport (48059)
Lambs - Lesterville - Lynn (48097) - Mapleleaf - Marine City (48039)
Marysville (48040) - Memphis (48041) - Miller - Muirs - Mussey (48014)
Muttonville - New Baltimore (48047) - North Lakeport
North Street (48049) - Pearl Beach (48001) - Perch - Peters - Port Huron
Riley (48041) - Ruby (48049) - Russell Island (48001) - Saint Clair (48079)
Sans Souci - Smiths Creek (48074) - Snyderville - Sparlingville
Starrville - Tappan - Thornton - Wadhams - Wales (48027) - Yale (48097)

SURROUNDING COUNTIES

Lapeer - Macomb - Sanilac

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

St. Clair County Web Site

Administrator/Controller Department (810) 989-6900

Board of Commissioners

The Offices of St. Clair County

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