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Heather House-Bed & Breakfast
The Heather House, a beautiful home in the Queen Anne Victorian style, overlooks the busy St. Clair River. It took two years to build and was completed in 1888. The owner, William Sauber, was chief engineer for the Mitchell fleet of Great Lakes steamers which had their base in Cleveland. He traveled the lakes extensively in the wooden ships of that era bringing goods to and from the Great Lakes. The link to the rest of the world through the St. Lawrence Seaway was essential to the progress and daily lives of those in the Midwest. The waterway remains a very important shipping route to this day. The river is spectacular with its swiftly flowing blue water and the activities which change with the seasons: boating and fishing in the summer and ice floes jamming the channel in the winter.
Marine City was the biggest shipbuilding community on the Great Lakes, and was home to many ship captains, who lived in the lovely Victorian houses dotted along the river bank. Today the town remains a natural resting spot for visitors to the lovely Blue Water area.
Heather House-Bed & Breakfast
The Heather House, a beautiful home in the Queen Anne Victorian style, overlooks the busy St. Clair River. It took two years to build and was completed in 1888. The owner, William Sauber, was chief engineer for the Mitchell fleet of Great Lakes steamers which had their base in Cleveland. He traveled the lakes extensively in the wooden ships of that era bringing goods to and from the Great Lakes. The link to the rest of the world through the St. Lawrence Seaway was essential to the progress and daily lives of those in the Midwest. The waterway remains a very important shipping route to this day. The river is spectacular with its swiftly flowing blue water and the activities which change with the seasons: boating and fishing in the summer and ice floes jamming the channel in the winter.
Marine City was the biggest shipbuilding community on the Great Lakes, and was home to many ship captains, who lived in the lovely Victorian houses dotted along the river bank. Today the town remains a natural resting spot for visitors to the lovely Blue Water area.