Elba Island

Elba Island is an island in the Detroit River. It is in Wayne County, in southeast Michigan. Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 591 ft in 1980.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Bois Blanc Island.

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.

Bois Blanc Island

Island

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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. Bois Blanc Island is situated 1½ miles southeast of Elba Island.

Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard

Historic site

Photo: jbcurio, CC BY 2.0.

Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Provincial Marine and then a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 located at Fort Amherstburg, Upper Canada, situated on the Detroit River. Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard is situated 1½ miles east of Elba Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grosse Ile Township and Amherstburg.

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 north of Elba Island.

Amherstburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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. Gibraltar is situated 2 miles west of Elba Island.

Elba Island

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

42.10288° or 42° 6′ 10″ north

Longitude

-83.14767° or 83° 8′ 52″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

86JR4V32+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 42509463

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4991910

Wikidata ID

Q49637523

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In Other Languages

“Elba Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Elba Island”

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