This year’s Blue Water Sturgeon Festival: REIMAGINED is bringing the same immersive experience, with big fish and small crowds.

Friends’ of the St. Clair River’s Sturgeon Festival: REIMAGINED is offering an up close experience with these giants aboard their exclusive Huron Lady Sturgeon Cruise. This is an amazing opportunity that can only be experienced in Port Huron! Ticket purchase includes a live sturgeon aquarium experience, and sturgeon video footage from the St. Clair River. Throughout this expertly narrated cruise, you can ask questions to the biologists who study Lake sturgeon, learn about the latest Great Lakes sturgeon research, and watch live sturgeon research activities. These research activities, aimed at tracking individual fish over time, is studying the biology, behavior, and ecology of Lake sturgeon.

Affectionately known as the Gentle Giant of the Great Lakes given its enormous size, Lake Sturgeon are phenomenal to see up close. They can weigh up to 150 pounds, grow over 7 feet, and live over 100 years. Once on the brink of extinction and added to Michigan’s Threatened Species list, Lake Sturgeon are making a comeback and have become a spotlight species for the habitat restoration work completed in the St. Clair River.

The annual Sturgeon Festival, sponsored by Friends of the St. Clair River, is an immersive event focused on education and stewardship of the Blue Water Area’s natural resources. The Sturgeon Festival provides an exciting setting for visitors to learn the fascinating story of this ancient fish – a mascot for the Great Lakes and their recovery. For 13 years Friends of the St. Clair River has been protecting the health and future of the St. Clair River, its watersheds and people, plants and animals.

Saturday, June 4, 2021

Huron Lady Sturgeon Cruise

Cruises at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm

Huron Lady

Cost: $30/ticket