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Celeron Island ( 42°04′51″N 83°10′27″W) is a 68-acre (27.5 ha) island near the mouth of the Detroit River at Lake Erie. Celeron Island is the southernmost island within Grosse Ile Township and sits at an elevation of 571 feet (174 m) above sea level. [7] Due to erosion, it now comprises two separate islands.
Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle ( / bɛlˈaɪəl / ), is a 982-acre (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha) island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century. It consists of Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River, as well as several surrounding islets. The U.S.-Canada border is in the channel south of Belle Isle.
Grassy Island. / 42.22250°N 83.13472°W / 42.22250; -83.13472. Grassy Island is a small, uninhabited 72-acre (29 ha) American island in the Detroit River. [1] It is located just north of Grosse Ile and west of Fighting Island, about 600 feet (180 m) west of the Canada–United States border. [2] The island is part of the city of ...
Zug Island. / 42.28278°N 83.11139°W / 42.28278; -83.11139. Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island within the city of River Rouge at the southern city limits of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located where the mouth of the River Rouge spills into the Detroit River.
Fighting Island. / 42.22167°N 83.12000°W / 42.22167; -83.12000. Fighting Island is a 610-hectare (1,500-acre) island in the Detroit River, and is the largest Canadian island in the river. It is part of the town of LaSalle, Ontario, Canada, opposite Wyandotte, Michigan, and downriver from Detroit and Windsor .
Beaver, Drummond, Grosse Ile, Harsens, Isle Royale, Mackinac. Administration. United States. State. Michigan. The following is a list of islands of Michigan. Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska. Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes — Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior —Michigan also has 64,980 ...
The Detroit River is an international river in North America. The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan ...
Bois Blanc Island, commonly referred to as Boblo Island, is an island in the Detroit River on the Canadian side of the border and is part of Amherstburg, Ontario. The island is about 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) long, 0.80 km (0.5 mi) wide and 110 hectares (272 acres) in size. The main northbound shipping channel of the Detroit River currently lies ...