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Showing posts with label Detroit River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detroit River. Show all posts
Monday, April 22, 2013

DETROIT MICHIGAN DUSK

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Happened to catch the webcam on Belle Isle at just the right moment last Saturday evening. My thanks to The Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT

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Remember being a kid––a teenager old enough to remember things?  Remember how your mom or dad told you stories about the past, and be...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

A COLD TUESDAY ON THE DETROIT RIVER

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My home thermometer, the one tucked under my warm kitchen window, reads four degrees as I enjoy my morning coffee. The Dossin Great...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

THIS MORNING ON THE DETROIT RIVER

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Only seventeen degrees this Wednesday morning January 2, 2013 and the Detroit River looks slushy, but shipping continues on the Great Lakes ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

GREAT LAKES WEBCAMS

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I didn't have to leave the comfort of my home to get these great photos. Recently discovered webcams located at my favorite pla...
Friday, September 28, 2012

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY'RE CALLED "GREAT" LAKES? Part Three, Lake Huron

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Welcome to Michigan's "Sunrise Side"––The shores of Lake Huron. Much quieter and just a teensy bit nicer than the heavily ...
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Friday, August 10, 2012

WHY NO ONE EVER TRULY CONQUERS THE FRENCH

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The French first settled along the Detroit River in 1701. Sixty years later, Detroit was lost to the British and after the American Revoluti...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

DETROIT, 311 YEARS OLD

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The City of Detroit celebrates 311 years of settlement this July 24th.  As a child, growing up near Detroit, I thought the river that r...
Friday, June 15, 2012

ISLANDS OF THE DETROIT RIVER

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View of Downtown Detroit from Scott Fountain on Belle Isle   Mikerussell @wikipedia.org  Looking over the map I posted below, ...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

SISTERS ON THE BORDER OF DETROIT HISTORY, ASSUMPTION CHURCH IN CANADA AND STE. ANNE DE DETROIT, USA

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Image from: Wikipedia.org The twin steeples of Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church, and the gothic pinnacles of Our Lady of the ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

DETROIT MICHIGAN AND WINDSOR ONTARIO AT WAR?

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Hard to imagine today, but yes it's true. Ever hear of the War of 1812? http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDVEN_Capture_of_De...