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    The Strait of Belle Isle (/ˌbɛl ˈaɪl/; French: Détroit de Belle Isle [bɛl il]) is a waterway in eastern Canada, that separates Labrador from the island...
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    Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle (/bɛlˈaɪəl/), is a 982-acre (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha) island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th...
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    The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn...
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    ownership of the assets, including the Zoo in Royal Oak and the Belle Isle Nature Center in Detroit. The Society is responsible for governance, management and...
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  • Belle Isle may refer to: Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador), an island between Labrador and Newfoundland Strait of Belle Isle, in which the island...
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    and in 1992, the race moved from downtown Detroit to Belle Isle, a park situated on an island in the Detroit River, which is the longest serving venue...
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    (77 km) of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline. Belle Isle Park is a 982 acres (397 ha; 1.534 sq mi) island state park in the Detroit River managed...
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    Cabot Strait (/ˈkæbət/; French: détroit de Cabot, French: [kabo]) is in Atlantic Canada between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, Cape Breton Island...
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    Pontchartrain du Détroit, which developed as Detroit. The French named the river as Rivière Détroit. Détroit is French for "strait". The river was known...
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  • Angeles; Beaumont, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama. The rioting in Detroit began among youths at Belle Isle Park on June 20, 1943; the unrest spread to other areas...
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    Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix presented by ShopAutoWeek.com was an IZOD IndyCar Series race that was held on June 3, 2012, on The Raceway on Belle Isle...
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    automotive background. In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonty founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit. During the late 19th and early 20th...
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    sited on East Jefferson Drive adjacent to the approach to the bridge to Belle Isle. Electric Park was originally a trolley park at the end of three streetcar...
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    the busiest ferry routes were replaced by bridges or tunnels: Detroit to Windsor, Belle Isle, the Sault Ste. Maries, St. Ignace to Mackinaw City, Port Huron...
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    Gravier, comte de Vergennes, who aided the rebels in the American Revolutionary War) Amissville Barboursville Basye Bavon Belmont Belle Isle State Park Belvoir...
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    Michigan at the Detroit street circuit. This year saw racing return to the downtown street circuit instead of The Raceway on Belle Isle, where it had been...
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    The 2013 Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit was the first doubleheader in IndyCar Series history, hosting Rounds 6 and 7 of the 2013 IndyCar Series season...
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    Lake St. Clair (category Geography of Detroit)
    of the Detroit River. The beach is well manicured with clear water and sandy bottom. Nice shade trees and grass border the beach. Belle Isle Park (Michigan)...
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  • Nancy Brown (columnist) (category Writers from Detroit)
    Beginning in 1934, she hosted an annual sunrise religious gathering at Belle Isle that was called Sunday Service. The gatherings led to a fundraising campaign...
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  • Mozella (category Singers from Detroit)
    albums, I Will (Warner/Maverick, 2006), Belle Isle (Universal/Motown, 2009), and The Brian Holland Sessions (Belle Isle Records, 2012), as well as three EPs...
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    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...
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    and the Renaissance Center to the Belle Isle bridge. Detroit Wayne County Port Authority added the Dock of Detroit (2005), a state of the art cruise ship...
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    culminating in brawls that broke out on the bridge connecting Belle Isle to southeast Detroit. Fierce attacks were launched on each other's property, including...
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  • 9782504°W / 42.341544; -82.9782504 The Belle Isle Zoo (1895–2002) was a zoo located on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1895...
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    Détroit · 14690, France". Le Détroit · 14690, France. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Détroit....
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    called Champlain Street, between Helen and East Grand Boulevard, near Belle Isle. In 1895, owner George Vanderbeck decided to build Bennett Park at the...
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    SS Ste. Claire (category National Register of Historic Places in Detroit)
    Detroit, Belle Isle, & Windsor Ferry Company was incorporated in 1881 to provide ferry service between Detroit, Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit's Belle...
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    another street circuit on nearby Belle Isle, these plans ultimately fell through, and thus this was the last Formula One Detroit Grand Prix. For the next three...
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    Isle Royale National Park is a national park of the United States consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding...
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  • City on June 23 and 24, 2012. The second installment took place at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, on June 8 and 9, 2013. The festival was a financial disaster...
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