Detroit River

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international waterway river strait

The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Detroit River canonical	90
Detroit River watershed	2
Detroit River (approximately)	1
Detroit River (region)	1
Detroit River (shared with Ontario)	1
Detroit River shipping channel	1
Trenton Channel of the Detroit River	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international waterway ⓘ river ⓘ strait ⓘ
averageWidth	about 0.5 to 2.5 miles ⓘ about 0.8 to 4 kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
connectsWaterBody	Lake Erie ⓘ Lake St. Clair ⓘ
countryBorderBetween	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossedBy	Ambassador Bridge ⓘ Detroit–Windsor Tunnel ⓘ Grosse Ile Toll Bridge ⓘ surface form: Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge Grosse Ile Toll Bridge ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally southward ⓘ
flowsThrough	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan Windsor, Ontario ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Michigan ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
hasDesignation	American Heritage River ⓘ Canadian Heritage River ⓘ
hasIsland	Belle Isle Park ⓘ surface form: Belle Isle Bois Blanc Island (Boblo Island) ⓘ Fighting Island ⓘ Grosse Ile ⓘ
hasWildlifeHabitat	fish spawning grounds ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ
historicalUse	fur trade route ⓘ military strategic waterway ⓘ
knownFor	environmental remediation efforts ⓘ heavy historical industrialization ⓘ
length	about 28 miles ⓘ about 44 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ North America ⓘ Ontario ⓘ surface form: Ontario, Canada
locatedInEcoregion	Great Lakes region ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes Basin
majorCityOnBank	Detroit ⓘ Windsor ⓘ
majorUse	boating ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ industrial waterway ⓘ recreation ⓘ
mouth	Lake Erie ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes system Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence Seaway system
source	Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Detroit → locatedOnRiver → Detroit River ⓘ

Great Lakes Works → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Lake Erie → inflowsFrom → Detroit River ⓘ

The D → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

subject surface form: Detroit

Renaissance Center → isLocatedNear → Detroit River ⓘ

Renaissance Center → hasViewOf → Detroit River ⓘ

Ford River Rouge Complex → locatedNear → Detroit River ⓘ

Southeast Michigan → traversedBy → Detroit River ⓘ

Wayne County, Michigan → contains → Detroit River ⓘ

Wayne County, Michigan → hasBorderOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Ecorse, Michigan → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Ecorse, Michigan → hasRiver → Detroit River ⓘ

Windsor International Airport → locatedNear → Detroit River ⓘ

Wayne County → crossedBy → Detroit River ⓘ

Belle Isle Park → locatedIn → Detroit River ⓘ

Belle Isle Park → river → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit metropolitan area → servedBy → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit metropolitan area → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Windsor, Ontario → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Windsor, Ontario → river → Detroit River ⓘ

Lake St. Clair → outflow → Detroit River ⓘ

Lake St. Clair → connectedBy → Detroit River ⓘ

Metro Detroit → borders → Detroit River ⓘ

Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → locatedIn → Detroit River ⓘ

Allen Park, Michigan → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detroit River watershed

Cobo Center → adjacentTo → Detroit River ⓘ

River Rouge → tributaryOf → Detroit River ⓘ

River Rouge → mouthLocation → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit riverfront → locatedOnWaterbody → Detroit River ⓘ

Huntington Place → situatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Port of Detroit → locatedOnWaterbody → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit–Windsor Tunnel → crosses → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit–Windsor Tunnel → locatedUnder → Detroit River ⓘ

Joe Louis Arena → locatedOnWaterbody → Detroit River ⓘ

Great Lakes waterway → hasPart → Detroit River ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Lakes Waterway

Essex County, Ontario → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detroit River (region)

Downriver Detroit → locatedAlong → Detroit River ⓘ

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Riverfront Campus → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ

Dieppe Gardens → locatedOnWaterbody → Detroit River ⓘ

Quebec City–Windsor Corridor → followsRiver → Detroit River ⓘ

Southwestern Ontario → bordersWaterBody → Detroit River ⓘ

Dossin Great Lakes Museum → locatedInBodyOfWater → Detroit River ⓘ

Grosse Ile → locatedIn → Detroit River ⓘ

Grosse Ile → waterBody → Detroit River ⓘ

Ecorse Creek → flowsInto → Detroit River ⓘ

Ecorse Creek → mouthLocation → Detroit River ⓘ

Ecorse Creek → tributaryOf → Detroit River ⓘ

Essex County → adjacentTo → Detroit River ⓘ

Port of Windsor → locatedOnWaterbody → Detroit River ⓘ