Slateport was created because the clean water made the food abundant in the area, so a local market started to grow. The city then soon became a harbor where ships and boats come and go. There is a lighthouse near the south of Slateport that illuminates the sea for passing ships. It is a great shopping destination with a local Slateport Market. Captain Stern is a big name in Slateport. He is an undersea explorer who runs Stern's Shipyard , the local Oceanic Museum and also works on the S.
Tidal which runs in and out of Slateport City after its completion. The city has three major entrances, one from the north of Slateport City, Route , which has a bicycle route as well as a path to Mauville City , one directly south of the city leading to the beach of Route , and one east of the city that is the ocean path of Route , where the water's currents are too strong to Surf east.
The Slateport Market has been in business since the creation of Slateport City itself as the clean water made the food abundant in the area, so a local market started to grow. The Slateport Market is situated next to the ocean, so the scent of the salty sea seeps through the air. In Generation VI , there is a shopkeeper that sells Incenses in the middle-right side.
The Energy Guru will occasionally hold a sale where he sells everything at half price. In Generation VI, the sale occurs every Monday. There is also a sign next to her that keeps a record of pressing-speed ranking the player achieves.
The Oceanic Museum is a large two-floored museum located in the eastern district of Slateport. The museum was built by Captain Stern to teach others of the ocean and the ocean floor. The first floor contains information about the sea. There are seven exhibits, each with a different piece of information about the sea. On the western wing, there are experiments and displays involving Whirlpools , Waterfalls , buoyancy, and fossilization. While, on the eastern wing, there are displays and samples of ancient beach sand, and old sedimentary rocks, as well as fun facts about the sea.
