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Definition of Detroit river
1. Noun. A short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detroit River
Literary usage of Detroit river
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Geography of Detroit by Almon Ernest Parkins (1918)
"The Suspension Bridge was constructed in 1855 to overcome the break in the land
route at Niagara River,63 but the bridging of the detroit river, ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... seven or eight years ago during a very mild winter she saw a flock of several
hundred of them on the detroit river during the latter part of January-. ..."
3. The Great Lakes, Or Inland Seas of America: Embracing a Full Description of by Disturnell, J. (John), 1801-1877 (1863)
"The steamers bound for detroit river usually pass to the north side of Point
Pelée Island, and run across Pigeon Bay toward Bar Point, situated at the mouth ..."
4. Public Life of Zachariah Chandler, 1851-1875 by Wilmer Carlyle Harris (1918)
"The Suspension Bridge was constructed in 1855 to overcome the break in the land
route at Niagara River,63 but the bridging of the detroit river, ..."
5. Men and Times of the Revolution: Or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Including by Elkanah Watson (1856)
"Wayne— Grand River—Cleaveland—Harbor—Storm—Archipelago of the West —Put-in-Bay—Detroit
River—Detroit, 4th July—View of Lake Erie— Anticipated ..."
6. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Manistee Lake, EJ Hill; detroit river, DH Campbell; Manistee, FP Daniels; ...
detroit river, between Pecho Isle and Belle Isle, CF Wheeler; Round Lake, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1877)
"THE mound, of which with its contents a description is here given, is situated
on the north or Michigan bank of the detroit river, a few hundred feet from ..."
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