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Belle Isle Park (Michigan)

Index Belle Isle Park (Michigan)

Belle Isle Park, more commonly known simply as Belle Isle, is a island park in the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario. [1]

92 relations: Albert Kahn (architect), Alexander Macomb (general), American Le Mans Series, Anchor, Arcadia Publishing, Architecture of metropolitan Detroit, Arecaceae, Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10, Banana, Belle Isle Aquarium, Belle Isle Conservatory, Botanical garden, Byron Carter, Cactus, Cadillac, Cadillac Place, Canada, Cartercar, Cass Gilbert, Central Park, Champ Car, Charles F. Kettering, Coast Guard Station Belle Isle, Coffee, Crain Communications, Cycling in Detroit, Delco Electronics, Detroit, Detroit Boat Club, Detroit International Riverfront, Detroit River, Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit Zoo, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Downtown Detroit, Eero Saarinen, Fallow deer, Fern, Fighting Island, Ford River Rouge Complex, Fort Wayne (Detroit), Frederick Law Olmsted, French colonization of the Americas, French language, Friedrich Schiller, Gambling, Golf, Greenhouse, Grosse Ile (Michigan), Heavy metal music, ..., Henry M. Leland, Huron–Clinton Metroparks, IndyCar, IndyCar Series, Iron Belle Trail, Iwo Jima, James Scott Memorial Fountain, Jerome H. Remick, Lewis Cass, List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States, List of islands in the Detroit River, List of maritime museums in the United States, MacArthur Bridge (Detroit), Maritime museum, Metallica, Michigan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, New York City, Ontario, Orange (fruit), Orchidaceae, Orion Music + More, Pirelli World Challenge, Rick Snyder, Robert Sharoff, Roger Penske, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS William Clay Ford, State park, Succulent plant, Sugarcane, The Detroit News, The Henry Ford, Tourism in metropolitan Detroit, United States Coast Guard, United States Supreme Court Building, Washington Boulevard Historic District, Wayne State University Press, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, World War II, 1943 Detroit race riot. Expand index (42 more) »

Albert Kahn (architect)

Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day.

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Alexander Macomb (general)

Alexander Macomb (April 3, 1782 – June 25, 1841) was the Commanding General of the United States Army from May 29, 1828 until his death on June 25, 1841.

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American Le Mans Series

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada.

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Anchor

An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.

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Arcadia Publishing

Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.

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Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike.

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Arecaceae

The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae).

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Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10

The automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 was a part of a global financial downturn.

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Banana

A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

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Belle Isle Aquarium

The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan.

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Belle Isle Conservatory

The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (commonly and locally known as the Belle Isle Conservatory) is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located in the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario near the Canada–United States border.

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Botanical garden

A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.

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Byron Carter

Byron J. Carter, (August 17, 1863 – April 6, 1908) was an American automotive pioneer.

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Cactus

A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,Although the spellings of botanical families have been largely standardized, there is little agreement among botanists as to how these names are to be pronounced.

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Cadillac

Cadillac, formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of the U.S.-based General Motors (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide.

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Cadillac Place

Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building, is a landmark high-rise office complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Cartercar

The Cartercar was an American automobile manufactured in 1905 in Jackson, Michigan, in 1906 in Detroit, and from 1907 to 1915 in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was a prominent American architect.

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Central Park

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.

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Champ Car

Champ Car is the general name for a class and specification of American professional top-level open wheel cars used in American open-wheel car racing for many decades, associated primarily with the Indianapolis 500.

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Charles F. Kettering

Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles "Boss" Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.

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Coast Guard Station Belle Isle

The United States Coast Guard Station Belle Isle is located on Belle Isle, Michigan, near Detroit and the mouth of the Detroit River.

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Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant.

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Crain Communications

Crain Communications Inc is an American publishing conglomerate based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Cycling in Detroit

Detroit is a popular city for cycling.

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Delco Electronics

Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors based in Kokomo, Indiana, that manufactured Delco radios and other electric products found in GM cars.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit Boat Club

The Detroit Boat Club was established in 1839, as a sport rowing club.

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Detroit International Riverfront

The Detroit International Riverfront is a tourist attraction and landmark of Detroit, Michigan extending from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers).

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Detroit River

The Detroit River (Rivière Détroit) flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States.

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Detroit Yacht Club

The Detroit Yacht Club (DYC) is a private yacht club in Detroit, Michigan, located on its own island off of Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the MacArthur Bridge and the DTE generating plant.

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Detroit Zoo

The Detroit Zoo is located about north of the Detroit city limits at the intersection of Woodward Avenue, 10 Mile Road, and Interstate 696 in Royal Oak and Huntington Woods, Michigan, United States.

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Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in Detroit, Michigan.

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Downtown Detroit

Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer noted for his neo-futuristic style.

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Fallow deer

The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.

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Fern

A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.

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Fighting Island

Fighting Island is a island in the Detroit River, and is the largest Canadian island in the river.

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Ford River Rouge Complex

The Ford River Rouge Complex (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island.

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Fort Wayne (Detroit)

Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood.

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.

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French colonization of the Americas

The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued on into the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Greenhouse

A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse) is a structure with walls and roof made mainly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.

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Grosse Ile (Michigan)

Grosse Ile is the largest island in the Detroit River and is the most populated island in the state of Michigan.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.

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Henry M. Leland

Henry Martyn Leland (February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932) was an American machinist, inventor, engineer and automotive entrepreneur.

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Huron–Clinton Metroparks

The Huron–Clinton Metroparks system is a regional park system in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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IndyCar

Indy Racing League, LLC, doing business as IndyCar (stylized INDYCAR), is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing.

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IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series, currently known as the Verizon IndyCar Series for title sponsorship reasons, is the premier level of open-wheel racing in North America.

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Iron Belle Trail

The Iron Belle Trail is a set of two trails that will span the state of Michigan.

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Iwo Jima

, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Ogasawara Islands.

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James Scott Memorial Fountain

The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan.

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Jerome H. Remick

Jerome Hosmer Remick (15 November 1867 – 15 July 1931), was a Detroit music publisher, philanthropist and businessman from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

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Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman.

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List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States

This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.

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List of islands in the Detroit River

The following is a description of islands in the Detroit River.

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List of maritime museums in the United States

List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel.

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MacArthur Bridge (Detroit)

The MacArthur Bridge is a bridge that spans the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Belle Isle.

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Maritime museum

A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Michigan Department of Natural Resources

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas.

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Nancy Brown Peace Carillon

The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon is a carillon on Detroit's Belle Isle dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Orange (fruit)

The orange is the fruit of the citrus species ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' in the family Rutaceae.

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Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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Orion Music + More

The Orion Music + More was a touring music festival created by American thrash metal/heavy metal band Metallica.

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Pirelli World Challenge

The Pirelli World Challenge is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

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Rick Snyder

Richard Dale Snyder (born August 19, 1958) is an American politician, business executive, venture capitalist, and accountant who is the 48th and current Governor of Michigan.

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Robert Sharoff

Robert Sharoff is a Chicago-based architectural writer and author.

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Roger Penske

Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29.

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SS William Clay Ford

SS William Clay Ford was a bulk freighter built for hauling material on the Great Lakes.

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State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.

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Succulent plant

In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.

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The Detroit News

The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and more formally as the Edison Institute) is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, United States.

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Tourism in metropolitan Detroit

Tourism in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan is a significant factor for the region's culture and for its economy, comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court Building is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judicial Branch thereof.

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Washington Boulevard Historic District

Washington Boulevard Historic District is a multi-block area of downtown Detroit, Michigan.

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Wayne State University Press

Wayne State University Press (or WSU Press) is a university press that is part of Wayne State University.

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WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

The WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1943 Detroit race riot

The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, of the United States, from the evening of June 20 through the early morning of June 22.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_Park_(Michigan)

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