This beautiful river is a connecting channel between Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair for a distance of 64 km(40 miles). It divides at the southern end into several channels known as the St.Clair delta or the St. Clair Flats.  

The St.Clair River is:    

  • 250-1200m( 840-3940 ft)wide
  • 9m (30 ft) deep

It has a current that travels about 6 km (4 miles) per hour.

About 90,000 people live along the Canadian side of the River and about 80,000 on the American side.


Tug Menasha near Marine City


Walpole-Algonac ferry

Laker enters Lake Huron


As part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the St. Clair River is a major shipping route. The lake freighters as well as the ocean going ships carry cargoes such as coal, iron ore, limestone, grain, salt, petroleum products and finished steel.

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