Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 515 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 4:42 pm: | |
With all of the water around here from large lakes and rivers to small lakes and rivers there are countless islands in metro Detroit. There are a lot of manmade islands as well in all kinds of wierd shapes lined with canals. Anyone have some cool stories, maps or pictures of metro Detroit islands? |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 1431 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:29 pm: | |
The island in Orchard Lake was the supposed home of Chief Pontiac. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 1550 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:30 pm: | |
That's Apple Island. |
Dannaroo Member Username: Dannaroo
Post Number: 108 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
My brother-in-law has a house on Fawn Island in the St. Clair River (its actually on the Ontario side but still it seems interesting to me) across from Marine City. I never even knew the island existed until about 10 years ago. There are no roads, just an interior canal and about 100 homes or so on the island. I don't know if there were ever any actual deer on the island but I guess it is just north of "Stag Island" and slightly smaller. The oldest homes on the island look like they were built in about the 1940s or so and I guess there were some homes (they were basically fishing/summer cottages) older but they have since been demolished in order to build newer, larger homes. I am not sure if the island is man made (from the dredging of the shipping channel perhaps) or a naturally occurring island, but it seems just a bit too large to be entirely man made. |
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 79 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:50 pm: | |
The ones that intrigue me the most are the St. Clair Flats-all those islands near Harsens Island with only 1 or 2 houses on them.I hear the lease is about up on a lot of them so the ownership is going back to the government. Ive seen the area from an airplane and it was the wierdest thing. Little spots of land sticking out with a house on it, completely surrounded by the water. Theres also a residential island in Lake Orion that used to be an amusement park. |
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 597 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:56 pm: | |
From Algonac you can take a car ferry to Walpole Island, which is a native Canadian land, or you can go on foot to Russell Island, a residential area in which motor vehicles are not permitted. Walpole is connected to mainland Ontario by a swing bridge. |
Goat Member Username: Goat
Post Number: 9661 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 5:58 pm: | |
Dannaroo, I have a friend who has a great cottage on Fawn island as well. What a neat little place (pretty expensive though)to go boating and party. |
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 216 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 6:05 pm: | |
Quote: "Walpole Island, which is a native Canadian land," Thats where most of the Native Americans from Michigan were driven to by the US military. |
Novine Member Username: Novine
Post Number: 26 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 6:35 pm: | |
Wait until Manny gets his bridge built to Harsens Island... |
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 599 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 6:51 pm: | |
Didn't the DEQ just reject the Harsens Island bridge proposal? I thought I read that somewhere. |
Ahartz Member Username: Ahartz
Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 8:05 pm: | |
DEQ did turn down the Harsens island bridge proposal. impacts to Sturgeon habitat and riparian land ownership issues were some of the hurdles that could not be overcome....YET...andy |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 1435 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 8:21 pm: | |
"That's Apple Island." Pretty clever our founders where. Apple island is in ORCHARD lake. |
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon
Post Number: 157 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 9:03 pm: | |
Check out this page to see many of the islands found on the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers. http://www.aerialpics.com/H/gr eatlakesshoreline.html |
Dannaroo Member Username: Dannaroo
Post Number: 110 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 8:29 am: | |
Flybydon, thanks for the link! I can pick out my brother-in-law's place on Fawn Island. That freighter cottage on South Bass Island is definitely pretty unique. |
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 24 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
I used to go fishing with my grandpa up by Strawberry Island in Lake St Clair every summer as a teenager. Always wanted to own a house on one of those islands back there. |
Exmotowner Member Username: Exmotowner
Post Number: 390 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 4:22 pm: | |
Johnlodge, I grew up by Orchard lake and I was always told that the name is "Snow apple Island" and is "Suppose" to be where Chief Pontiac is buried. Not where he lived. Of course the indians did not disclose where he was ever buried for sure. Theres also a sunken island on the Halstead side of Pleasant lake. |
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan
Post Number: 130 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
My grandpa owns an estate on Grosse Ile. He no longer lives there tho, but my uncle and I take care of it. Its a beautiful and peaceful place to visit and/or live. Lots of custom homes and a pretty neat mini downtown. Pretty expensive to live there and the county bridge is being rebuilt so you have to pay a 3 dollar toll to use the toll bridge. |
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 82 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 12:05 am: | |
Ive never heard of the sunken island in Pleasant lake but it sounds cool. I read somewhere that theres an accidently island in Lake Sherwood (Commerce Twp.).Its a man-made lake and somehow, during construction,an island got formed unintentionally. |
Tigers2005 Member Username: Tigers2005
Post Number: 134 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 8:36 am: | |
Raptor, My family has one of the small islands near Strawberry on the opposite side of the Sni. It was great having that as a kid growing up and still is a great place to go. |
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 523 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 10:57 am: | |
Found this online today about fires in the flats that burn every spring and fall. I have seen the smoke plumes before bud didnt know the history. http://www-personal.umich.edu/ ~ksands/burns.html |