Swan Island
Swan 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 581 ft in 1980.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Elizabeth Park.
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.
Elizabeth Park
Park
Elizabeth Park is a county-owned public park in southeast Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park is located in the city of Trenton along West Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River just north of the Wayne County Bridge leading to Grosse Ile. Elizabeth Park is situated 2½ miles north of Swan Island.
Trenton Channel Power Plant
Industrial building
Photo: Fermite1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Trenton Channel Power Plant, also known as the Trenton Stacks, was a coal-burning power station located in Trenton, Michigan. Completed in 1924, it is owned by Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy. Trenton Channel Power Plant is situated 1½ miles north of Swan Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibraltar and Grosse Ile Township.
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.
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 2½ miles north of Swan Island.
Trenton
Town
Trenton is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. At the 2010 census, the city population was 18,853. A Shawnee village was built in the area by war chief Blue Jacket after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Trenton is situated 3 miles north of Swan Island.
Swan Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Detroit River in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Categories: river island, island, locality, and landform
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.09915° or 42° 5′ 57″ northLongitude
-83.17422° or 83° 10′ 27″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
86JR3RXG+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 42509461OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5011689Wikidata ID
Q106570573
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In Other Languages
“Swan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swan Island”
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