Fox Island
Fox Island is a naturally formed island in the Detroit River, in southeast Michigan, United States. In the late 1800s, it was used by the Dunbar & Sullivan Company to store explosives used for engineering projects in the Detroit River's shipping channels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Fort Malden.
Grosse Ile Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Fort Malden
Park
Fort Malden, formally known as Fort Amherstburg, is a defence fortification located in Amherstburg, Ontario. It was built in 1795 by Great Britain in order to ensure the security of British North America against any potential threat of American invasion.
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
Historic site
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherstburg and Grosse Ile Township.
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.
Grosse Ile Township
Town
Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,777 at the 2020 census. The township encompasses several islands in the Detroit River, of which the largest is named as Grosse Ile. Grosse Ile Township is situated 2 miles northwest of Fox Island.
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 2½ miles west of Fox Island.
Fox 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
42.10599° or 42° 6′ 22″ northLongitude
-83.1414° or 83° 8′ 29″ westElevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
86JR4V45+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 3774708OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Korean—“Fox Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fox Island”
- Korean: “폭스 아일랜드”
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