Detroit River
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 from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river along the border between Michigan and Ontario
- Also known as: “Riviere Detroit” and “Rivière Détroit”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibraltar and Amherstburg.
Gibraltar
Town
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,997 at the 2020 census. Gibraltar is a southern city of Metro Detroit and is about 12 miles south of the city of Detroit. Gibraltar is situated 4½ miles northwest of Detroit River.
Amherstburg
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Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County. The small town is rich in history, with several important heritage sites linked to the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad.
Rockwood
Town
Southern Wayne County is a region in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. Rockwood is situated 5 miles west of Detroit River.
Detroit River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Detroit River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Detroit”
- Arabic: “نهر ديترويت”
- Armenian: “Դետրոյթ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Detroit”
- Basque: “Detroit ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Дэтройт (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Дэтройт”
- Belarusian: “Дэтруа (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Дэтруа”
- Bengali: “ডেট্রয়েট নদী”
- Breton: “Detroit”
- Bulgarian: “Детройт”
- Catalan: “Riu Detroit”
- Cebuano: “Detroit River”
- Cebuano: “Rivière Détroit”
- Chinese: “底特律河”
- Chuvash: “Детройт”
- Croatian: “Detroit”
- Czech: “Detroit River”
- Czech: “Detroit”
- Danish: “Detroit-floden”
- Dutch: “Detroit River”
- Dutch: “Detroit”
- Dutch: “Rivière Détroit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديترويت”
- Esperanto: “rivero Detrojto”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Detrojto”
- Estonian: “Detroidi jõgi”
- Estonian: “Detroit‘ jõgi”
- Estonian: “Detroiti jõgi”
- Finnish: “Detroit”
- Finnish: “Detroitjoki”
- French: “rivière Détroit”
- French: “Rivière Détroit”
- Galician: “Río Detroit”
- German: “Detroit River”
- Hebrew: “דטרויט”
- Hungarian: “Detroit”
- Inari Sami: “Detroitjuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Detroit”
- Irish: “Abhainn Detroit”
- Italian: “Detroit”
- Japanese: “デトロイト川”
- Korean: “디트로이트 강”
- Korean: “디트로이트강”
- Latvian: “Detroita (upe)”
- Latvian: “Detroita”
- Lithuanian: “Detroitas”
- Lithuanian: “Detroito upė”
- Luxembourgish: “Detroit River”
- Macedonian: “Детроит”
- Marathi: “डीट्रॉइट नदी”
- Marathi: “डेट्रॉईट नदी”
- Mingrelian: “დეტროიტი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “დეტროიტი”
- Northern Sami: “Detroitjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroit River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroitelven”
- Norwegian: “Detroit”
- Persian: “رود دیترویت”
- Polish: “Detroit”
- Portuguese: “Rio Detroit”
- Romanian: “Detroit River”
- Romanian: “Râul Detroit”
- Russian: “Детройт”
- Russian: “Детруа”
- Scots: “Detroit River”
- Serbian: “Детроит”
- Skolt Sami: “Detroitjokk”
- Slovak: “Detroit River”
- Slovenian: “Detroit River”
- Slovenian: “Detroit”
- Slovenian: “reka Detroit”
- Slovenian: “Rivière Détroit”
- South Azerbaijani: “دیترویت چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Detroit”
- Spanish: “Río Detroit”
- Swedish: “Detroitfloden”
- Swedish: “Rivière Détroit”
- Tamil: “டெட்ரோயிட் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำดีทรอยต์”
- Ukrainian: “Детройт”
- Venetian: “Detroit”
- Vietnamese: “sông Detroit”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Detroit”
- Welsh: “Afon Detroit”
- Western Armenian: “Տիթրոյիթ գետ”
- Wu Chinese: “底特律河”
- Yue Chinese: “底特律河”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amherst Pointe and Bar Point.
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