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Sandy Creek is an creek located entirely within Monroe County, Michigan.

The creek rises in London Township in the north-central portion of the county and flows southeast into Lake Erie at Sterling State Park on the south side of Detroit Beach in Frenchtown Charter Township.

Along the shores of Sandy Creek was one of the earliest French settlements in the area, known as the Sandy Creek Settlement, which existed from approximately 1780 – 1813 before being abandoned after the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812.