Meso Island

Meso 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 584 ft in 1980.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
Also known as: “Hickory Island”

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 east of Meso Island.

Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse

Historic building

Photo: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse is a historic building, which is situated 2 miles east of Meso Island.

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. 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 Meso 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.