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9 unusual facts about Detroit River


1926–27 Detroit Cougars season

Olympia Stadium wasn't finished being built in time for the 1926–27 season, so the Cougars began play in Border Cities Arena right across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario.

2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

During qualifying for the race in Windsor, Matt Hall nearly crashed his plane into the Detroit River.

Janet M. Anderson

Anderson’s commercial work features depictions of famous Detroit landmarks and life along the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair (her grandfather was a captain of the SS Ste. Clair).

Matt Hall

In June 2010 while qualifying for first session in Windsor, Ontario for the Red Bull Air Race his plane touched the water of the Detroit River due to aerodynamic wing stall but he recovered and landed safely.

Mobile phone signal

This phenomenon, which is also common in other VHF radio bands including FM broadcasting, may also cause other anomalies, such as a person in San Diego "roaming" on a Mexican tower from just over the border in Tijuana, or someone in Detroit "roaming" on a Canadian tower located within sight across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario.

Sherwin Wine

In the fall of 1959, he joined a group in Windsor, Ontario just across the Detroit River in Canada to organize a new Reform congregation, also called Beth El.

Shorty Long

On June 29, 1969, Long and a friend drowned when their boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan.

The Dungeon of Doom

Hogan won the Sumo match and then the two started fighting on the roof, resulting in the Giant falling off the roof and into the Detroit River.

Tiger Town

One notable goof in the film shows Alex racing his bicycle across a bridge over the Detroit River on the way to the stadium.


Bluesfest International Windsor

It takes place outdoors at the Riverfront Festival Plaza on the banks of the Detroit River, in front of Caesars Windsor and opposite Motown.

Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

He spent several years working for the United States Government in the Northwest Territory especially in what is now Michigan along the Detroit River and Lake Huron.

River Rouge, Michigan

It is named after the River Rouge (or Rouge River from the French "Rouge" meaning red), which flows along the city's northern border and into the Detroit River.


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Ford Flivver

He once flew the aircraft in a race against Gar Wood in Miss America V on the Detroit River during the Harmsworth Trophy Races.

Henry Brush

When Brush and his company of Ohio volunteers were near the River Raisin, he sent word to General Hull that he should be reinforced and protected by an escort, as it was understood that some British soldiers and a confederate band of Shawnee Indians, all under command of Tecumseh, had crossed the Detroit river with the intention of intercepting the provision train under Captain Brush.

Rock of Ages Light

Successively, using underwater crib designs, the Board built on a shoal the Waugoshance Light (1851), and demonstrated a "new level of expertise" in constructing of the Spectacle Reef Light (1874), Stannard Rock Light (1882) and Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) (also known as the Detroit River Entrance Light) (1885).

Spectacle Reef Light

Successively, using underwater crib designs, the Board built on a shoal the Waugoshance Light (1851), and demonstrated a "new level of expertise" in constructing of the Spectacle Reef Light (1874), Stannard Rock Light (1882) and Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) (also known as the Detroit River Entrance Light) (1885).

Trenton Channel Power Plant

DTE Energy spreads crushed limestone along the banks of the Detroit River on Slocum's Island, because such an item provides a popular nesting habitat for native common terns.