Bois Blanc Island
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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (560 feet)
- …is also known as “Boblo Island”
- Description: island in Ontario, Canada
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard.
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse is a historic building.
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Provincial…
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherstburg and Grosse Ile Township.
Amherstburg
Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County.
Grosse Ile Township
Grosse Ile Township is a civil township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Gibraltar
Town
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Bois Blanc Island
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Latitude
42.08898° or 42° 5′ 20″ north
Longitude
-83.12119° or 83° 7′ 16″ west
Open location code
86JR3VQH+HG
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bois Blanc Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bois Blanc Island”
- Dutch: “Bois Blanc Island”
- French: “Île aux Bois Blancs”
- Japanese: “ボアブランク島”
- Japanese: “ボワ・ブランク島”
- Swedish: “Bois Blanc Island”
- Turkish: “Bois Blanc Adası”
- Turkish: “Bois Blanc Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glen Eden and Amherst Pointe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bois Blanc Blockhouse and Bellevue House.
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