Calf Island

Calf Island is an island in the Detroit River, in Michigan. It has a surface elevation of 571 ft. It is located in the Trenton Channel, about 1,000 ft west of the southern tip of Grosse Ile and Swan Island, and Hamburg Island is just to the northwest.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Elizabeth Park.

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport

Aerodrome

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Grosse Ile Municipal Airport is on Grosse Ile, in Wayne County, Michigan. It is owned by the Township of Grosse Ile. The Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a local reliever airport facility.

Elizabeth Park

Park

Elizabeth Park is a county-owned public park in southeast Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park is located in the city of Trenton along West Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River just north of the Wayne County Bridge leading to Grosse Ile. Elizabeth Park is situated 2 miles north of Calf Island.

Trenton Channel Power Plant

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The Trenton Channel Power Plant, also known as the Trenton Stacks, was a coal-burning power station located in Trenton, Michigan. Completed in 1924, it is owned by Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gibraltar and Grosse Ile Township.

Gibraltar

Town

Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Gibraltar is located roughly 22 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 4,997.

Grosse Ile Township

Town

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Grosse Ile Township is a civil township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Grosse Ile Township consists of multiple islands in the Detroit River, roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. Grosse Ile Township is situated 2 miles northeast of Calf Island.

Trenton

Town

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Trenton is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Trenton is located roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. Trenton is situated 2½ miles north of Calf Island.

Calf Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in the Detroit River in Michigan, USA
Categories: river island, locality, and landform
Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.10325° or 42° 6′ 12″ north

Longitude

-83.17895° or 83° 10′ 44″ west

Elevation

574 feet (175 metres)

Open location code

86JR4R3C+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 3774720

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4987678

Wikidata ID

Q5019567

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Calf Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Calf Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Michigan)”
Cebuano: “Calf Island”
Dutch: “Calf Island”

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