Best anchorages and harbours in Great Lakes

Dale Industries

Marine parts and supplies business with river dockage near Schermerhorn Landing, Hammond, on the Saint Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands.

Deep Water Marina

Full-service marina at 803 West Shoreline Drive in downtown Sandusky, on the south shore of Sandusky Bay.

Desmond Marine

Fuel berth and boatyard just inside the mouth of the Black River in downtown Port Huron, Michigan.

Detour Harbor Marina

Michigan DNR public harbour at DeTour Village, on the mainland side of DeTour Passage between Lake Huron and the St Marys River.

Detroit Yacht Club

Private yacht club on its own island off Belle Isle, in the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario.

Diversey Yacht Club

Member yacht club at Diversey Harbour, set within Lincoln Park behind Lake Shore Drive on Lake Michigan in Chicago.

Dock of the Bay Marina

Downtown Sandusky marina with 174 deep-water berths on the south shore of Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie.

Don Parsons Marina

Family-run marina on the Vermilion River in Vermilion, Ohio, also home port of the Mystic Belle river tour boat.

Downriver Marina and Campground

Marina and campground on US Turnpike Road at South Rockwood, on the lower Detroit River near its outflow into Lake Erie.

Doyne's Marine

Family-run marina and boatyard at Portage, Indiana, on Burns Waterway with direct access to Lake Michigan.

Drummond Island Yacht Haven

Full-service marina on the south shore of Drummond Island in Lake Huron, at the eastern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Duncan Bay Boat Club

Private 263-slip marina in Duncan Bay on Lake Huron, 3 km east of Cheboygan in the Straits of Mackinac.

Duncan Clinch Marina

Municipal marina on West Grand Traverse Bay at Traverse City, with 65 seasonal and 54 transient berths.

DuSable Harbor

Downtown Chicago harbour at the foot of Randolph Street, the only harbour with berths close to the Loop.

Eagle Pointe Harbor

Marina on a 60-acre riverside site on the St. Joseph River, upstream of Marina Island near St. Joseph.

East 55th Street Marina

Cleveland Metroparks marina on the south shore of Lake Erie, three miles east of downtown Cleveland.

East Bank Marina

Public marina and ramp on the east bank of the Chagrin River at Eastlake, Ohio, near the river mouth on Lake Erie.

East Bay Harbor Marina

The only marina on the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, at Williamsburg, Michigan, with 70 full-service berths.

East Chicago Marina

Municipal marina inside Indiana Harbor at East Chicago, on the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan, with a fuel berth and visitor berths.

East Harbor State Park Marina

State-run marina at the entrance of the main channel into West Harbor, on the Lake Erie shore at Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio.

East Jordan Municipal Marina

Municipal harbour at Memorial Park in downtown East Jordan, Michigan, at the head of the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix.

Edgewater Marina

Public marina with 360 berths on Lake Erie, inside Cleveland Metroparks Lakefront Reservation, 5 km west of downtown Cleveland.

Edgewater Park Beach

Anchorage off Edgewater Park on the Lake Erie shore of Cleveland, Ohio, on a sand bottom.

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Edgewater Yacht Club

Private members yacht club on the south shore of Cleveland Harbour, at the west end of the main harbour next to Edgewater Park on Lake Erie.

Eldean Shipyard

Full-service marina and boatyard at 2223 South Shore Drive in Macatawa, Michigan, on Lake Macatawa about 5 miles west of Holland.

Elizabeth Park Marina

Transient marina in Elizabeth Park, Trenton, Michigan, on the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, facing Grosse Ile.

Elk Rapids Marina

Municipal harbour of Elk Rapids on East Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, in the northern Lower Peninsula.

Emerald City Harbor

Full-service marina at 24200 Jefferson Avenue on the Nautical Mile in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, with about 500 wells on Lake St. Clair.

Emerald Necklace Marina

Cleveland Metroparks marina on the Rocky River about 1.5 km south of Lake Erie, in the Rocky River Reservation west of Cleveland, Ohio.

Ephraim Marina

Village-run marina on Eagle Harbour in Ephraim, Door County, taking seasonal and transient vessels up to 45 feet.