Grosse Ile Township is a general law township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township is situated on several islands in the Detroit River, but the largest island is also referred to as simply Grosse Ile. The name comes from the French Grosse Île, meaning "Fat Island".
Population: 11,361
Latitude: 42° 07' 45.16" N
Longitude: -83° 08' 39.73" W
The Willow Run manufacturing complex, located between Ypsilanti and Belleville, Michigan, was constructed in the early years of World War II by Ford Motor Company for the mass production of war munitions, especially the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
The Detroit–Windsor Tunnel (French: Tunnel Detroit-Windsor) is an underground highway tunnel connecting Detroit, Michigan in the United States, with Windsor, Ontario in Canada.
Essex County is the southern-most county and census division in Canada located in Southwestern Ontario. The administrative seat is the Town of Essex.
The Fillmore Detroit is a mixed-use entertainment venue operated by Live Nation. Built in 1925, the Fillmore Detroit was known for most of its history as the State Theatre, and prior to that as the Palms Theatre. It is located near the larger Fox Th…
Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. With a population of 28,403, it is the second largest municipality in the Windsor-Essex County area (after the separated municipality of Windsor, Ontario). It includes Point Pelee, the s…
Detroit Olympia, nicknamed The Old Red Barn, stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan from 1927 until 1987. It was best known as the home of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team of the National Hockey League (NHL) from its opening until 19…
One Detroit Center is a skyscraper and class-A office building located downtown which overlooks the Detroit Financial District. Rising 619 feet (189 m), the 43-story tower is the tallest office building in Michigan, and the second tallest building o…
Fair Lane was the name of the estate of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and his wife Clara Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States. It was named after an area in County Cork in Ireland where Ford's adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern,…
The University of Michigan–Dearborn (commonly referred to as UM-Dearborn or UM-D) is a public university located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. It is one of the two satellite campuses of the University of Michigan operating under the policies of the Bo…
Canton is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about ten miles (16 km) west of the city limits of Detroit and eight miles (14 km) east of the city limits of Ann Arbor. As of the 2010 census, the township ha…
Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island in the city of River Rouge near the southern city limits of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located where the mouth of the River Rouge spills into the Detroit River.
Romulus is a suburban city of Metro Detroit, located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 23,989 at the 2010 census, an increase from 22,979 in 2000, making the city the 80th largest city in Michigan.
Cobo Center, formerly Cobo Hall and Cobo Arena, is a convention center situated along Jefferson and Washington avenues in downtown Detroit. It was named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, the center op…
Boblo Island Amusement Park was an amusement park which ran from 1898 until its closure on September 30, 1993. Its amusement rides were sold in 1994.
Flat Rock Assembly Plant, formerly known as Ford's Michigan Casting Center (MCC) (1972-81), Mazda Motor Manufacturing USA (1987–92) and AutoAlliance International (1992-2012), is a Ford Motor Company assembly plant located at 1 International Drive i…
Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area. Owned by the government of the province of Ontario (through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation), it is operated by Caesars Entertainment. Both the origin…
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit, Michigan.
The Islamic Center of America (Arabic: المركز الإسلامي في اميركا) is a Shia mosque located in Dearborn, Michigan. Although the institution dates back to 1964, the new mosque opened in 2005. It is the largest mosque in North America and the oldest S…