Powder House Island

Powder House Island is an artificial island on the lower in , 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…
Wikipedia
  • Islet
  • …lies at an elevation of 571 feet (174 metres)
  • Description: island in Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is on Grosse Ile, in .

Historic site
Photo: jbcurio, CC BY 2.0.
was a Provincial…

Museum
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, previously known as the… is situated 1½ miles east of Powder House Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherstburg and Grosse Ile Township.

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in .

Town
Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civil township in in the U.S. state of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Powder House Island.

Town
is a city in in the U.S. state of . is situated 3 miles west of Powder House Island.

Powder House Island

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Latitude
42.10727° or 42° 6′ 26″ north
Longitude
-83.13547° or 83° 8′ 8″ west
Open location code
86JR4V47+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 3774699
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5006391
Wiki­data ID
Q49670360

Satellite Map

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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”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Edgewater Beach and Trenton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fox Island and Elba Island.

Wayne County: Highlights

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