The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system.

Location of the Detroit River in the Great Lakes system

The famed sailing ship Le Griffon reached the mouth of the Detroit River in mid-August 1679 on its maiden voyage through the Great Lakes.

The only way a ship could travel out of the Great Lakes system was to travel down the Detroit River.

Cruise ships support tourism on the Great Lakes and dock at the Port Detroit passenger terminal downtown.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

Other travels took him southwest to Philadelphia and New York City in 1854, and west across the Great Lakes region in 1861, visiting Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Mackinac Island.

The Great Lakes Waterway continues thence to Lake St. Clair ; the Detroit River and Detroit, Michigan ; into Lake Erie and thence – via Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River – to the Atlantic Ocean.

These purportedly include the first European vessel to sail the Great Lakes, Le Griffon built in 1679 on the eastern shore of Lake Erie, near Buffalo, New York, Sieur de la Salle navigated across Lake Erie, up the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River out into Lake Huron.

The Survey, based in Detroit, Mich., was charged with conducting a hydrographical survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes and preparing and publishing nautical charts and other navigation aids.

M. A. Hanna Company | Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit.

The band will also be appearing in August 2012, at the 30th anniversary of We Fest in Detroit Lakes, MN.

For example, Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District assessed area wetlands in Michigan, USA using remote sensing.

Lake freighters and ocean going ships traveling to destinations around the Great Lakes regularly pass near the east side of the island where the main channel of the Detroit River separates Grosse Ile from Canada.

* Detroit River Light Station, one of the U. S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR.

Callaway is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, USA, approximately 11 miles from the county seat, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

The north half of the city of Detroit Lakes is within this township geographically but is a separate entity.

Detroit Lakes is a city in the U. S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Becker County.

Detroit Lakes is located 45 miles east of the Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN statistical metropolitan area.

The nearest major metropolitan area with a population over 300, 000 is Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is approximately 205 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes.

Detroit Lakes is a regional summer and winter recreation destination, attracting large amounts of tourists and seasonal residents each year.

The city of Detroit Lakes was founded by Colonel George Johnston in 1871.

In 1877, an election finally decided that Detroit Lakes, then known as Detroit, was to become the county seat.

We feel that The Detroit News is to be complimented upon arranging for articles on these subjects and we hope that it will continue to provide material along wholesome lines.

* 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.

* 1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.

The city is also part of the larger Detroit – Ann Arbor – Flint, MI CSA.

Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, have, since the 1950s, celebrated both Dominion or Canada Day and the United States ' Independence Day with the International Freedom Festival ; a massive fireworks display over the Detroit River, the strait separating the two cities, is held annually with hundreds of thousands of spectators attending.

Detroit is also the only member of the Western League, the AL's minor league predecessor, that remains in its original city under its original name.

The letters of the captain and alternate captains were moved to the player's right shoulder ; Detroit is the only team in the league that made this change ( the change was necessitated by the stitching of the sweater ), although the 2008 NHL All Star jerseys featured this as well, and the Captain and Alternate Captain's letters have switched back to the left shoulder as of the 2011 – 12 NHL Season.

The " Legend of the Octopus " is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.

The Detroit River has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world.

There are numerous islands in the Detroit River, and much of the lower portion of the river is incorporated into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

The Detroit River is designated an American Heritage River and a Canadian Heritage River — the only river to have this dual designation.

However, today, the Detroit River is rarely referred to as a strait, because bodies of water referred to as straits are typically much wider.

The Detroit River is only wide.

The deepest portion of the Detroit River is deep in the northern portion of the river.

The watershed basin for the Detroit River is approximately.

Its largest tributary is the River Rouge in Michigan, which is actually four times longer than the Detroit River and contains most of the basin.

The only other major American tributary to the Detroit River is the much-smaller Ecorse River.

The discharge for the Detroit River is relatively high for a river of its size.

The largest city along the Detroit River is Detroit, and most of the population along the river lives in Michigan.