Powder House Island
Powder House Island is an artificial island on the lower Detroit River in southeast Michigan, directly adjacent to the Canada–United States border. It was constructed in the late 1880s by the Dunbar & Sullivan Company to store explosives during their dredging…Places of Interest
Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard.
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.
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.
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Museum
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as 'the North American Black Historical Museum', is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It is a community-based, non-profit museum that tells the story of African-Canadians' history and contributions. Amherstburg Freedom Museum is situated 1½ miles east of Powder House Island.
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 Powder House 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 3 miles west of Powder House Island.
Powder House Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.10727° or 42° 6′ 26″ northLongitude
-83.13547° or 83° 8′ 8″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
86JR4V47+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 3774699OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Powder House Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Powder House Island”
- Korean: “파우더 하우스 아일랜드”
- Persian: “جزیره دینامیت”
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