His transportation network moved smuggled liquor from the rum-runners of the East Coast, The Purple Gang in Detroit, who brought liquor in from Canada, with help from Belle River native Blaise Diesbourg, also known as " King Canada ," and local production which came from Midwestern moonshine operations and illegal breweries.

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.

About this time, an organization called the " Thistle Club " was founded and, curling being a winter sport, was played when the ice was suitable on the Detroit River at the foot of Joseph Campau ; on the bay ; and at the old Recreation Park.

Hiram Walker's distillery in Windsor, Ontario, directly across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan, easily served bootleggers using small, fast smuggling boats.

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

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

When Detroit underwent rapid industrialization at the turn of the 20th century, the Detroit River became notoriously polluted and toxic.

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 flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.

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 Detroit River starts on an east to west flow but then bends and runs north to south.

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.

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 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 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.

The Detroit River was designated as an American Heritage River in 1998 and a Canadian Heritage River in 2001 — the only river to have dual designations.

The Dolphins wear white jerseys at home typically for day games, but due to a ( since changed ) uniform policy, the Dolphins were obligated to wear their aqua jerseys as the designated home team, although Miami wore its aqua jerseys for its final regular season home game ( on a Saturday afternoon ) that season vs. the Detroit Lions.

The State of Michigan has designated Oscoda as the official home of Paul Bunyan due to the earliest documented publications in the Oscoda Press, August 10, 1906, by James MacGillivray ( later revised and published in The Detroit News in 1910 ).

* was the designated name for Dix-Toledo Highway in Downriver and Fort Street and Gratiot Avenue in Detroit.

The original area of land south of Detroit was designated a township by the Michigan Territorial Commission on April 5, 1827, when Moses Roberts was elected its first supervisor.

On May 4, 2004, the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) designated of US-12 from New Buffalo to Detroit as a Historic Heritage Route.

* On September 26, 1987, Detroit Tigers designated hitter Darrell Evans moved to first base in the bottom of the seventh inning in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, causing pitcher Mike Henneman to be inserted into the first baseman's spot in the batting order.

* In the first game in Chicago's New Comiskey Park ( April 18, 1991 ), the Detroit Tigers ' designated hitter, Tony Phillips replaced starting shortstop Alan Trammell in the field during a 16 – 0 Tigers ' win, causing starting pitcher Frank Tanana to hit.

The residential section is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a City of Detroit Historic District.

The province was split into Lower Canada ( today's Province of Quebec ) and Upper Canada ( Ontario ) in 1791, and the districts of Upper Canada were renamed the next year, with the Detroit area designated as the Western District.

* US 12 Heritage Trail follows US 12 from New Buffalo to Detroit, which includes the following segments previously designated:

He is the father of Detroit Tigers first baseman / designated hitter Prince Fielder, considered one of the best current power hitters in Major League Baseball.

During Hockey Night in Canada, CBET will also generally air Detroit Red Wings games in preference to Ontario's designated game if available.

Anne's was designated as the cathedral for the new diocese of Detroit ; it served in this role until 1848, when coadjutor bishop Peter Paul Lefevere moved the bishop's throne to St. Peter's Cathedral, today's Saints Peter and Paul Church.

The first trunkline to be designated M-3 was Schaefer Highway in 1937, running north – south from US 25 ( Dix Avenue ) in Melvindale to US 16 ( Grand River Avenue ) in western Detroit.

In 239 plate appearances with Detroit in 2011, he recorded a. 177 batting average, before being designated for assignment on July 20.

However, a former township of the Northwest Territory's Wayne County was designated as Sargent Township or the District of Sargent ; this apparently encompassed the settlements downriver from Detroit and at the River Raisin in what is now Monroe County, Michigan.

Bernardo ' Bernie ' Carbo ( born August 5, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played from through for the Cincinnati Reds ( 1969 – 72 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1972 – 73, 1979 – 80 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1974 – 76, 1977 – 78 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1976 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1978 ) and Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1980 ).

On the Atlantic routes, the designated US airports were Baltimore, the existing flying boat base, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington and Boston.

A core of what would become the Chicago Hub Network was the first of these five to be announced by Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card on October 15, 1992, who designated Chicago-based routes to Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Detroit.

Although it is neither officially designated nor commonly referred to as such, the Hall Road portion of M-59 is coextensive with " 20 Mile Road " in the Detroit Mile Road system.

It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, and the associated Detroit Financial District is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The State of Michigan has designated Oscoda as the official home of Paul Bunyan due to the earliest documented publications in the Oscoda Press, August 10, 1906 by James MacGillivray ( later revised and published in the Detroit News in 1910 ).

M-53 was first designated by 1919 ; it started at Gratiot Avenue in Detroit running north through Centerline, and Utica to eventually end east of Elkton on M-31.