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Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle (/ b ɛ l ˈ aɪ ə l /), is a 982-acre (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha) island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century. It consists of Belle Isle , an island in the Detroit River , as well as several surrounding islets.
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 (397-hectare) island park located on the Detroit River within Detroit, Michigan. While located near the Canada–United States border, the island is entirely within the U.S ...
As Belle Isle moved from city control to a state park in February 2014, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources had its hands full. The City of Detroit had filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy the ...
Belle Isle Park: Wayne: 982 acres 397 ha: 2014 [a] Detroit River: Historic island park in Detroit: Bewabic State Park: Iron: 315 acres 127 ha: 1966 [b] Fortune Lake: Brimley State Park: Chippewa: 100 acres 40 ha: 1922: Lake Superior: On Whitefish Bay: Burt Lake State Park: Cheboygan: 125 acres 51 ha: 1920: Burt Lake: Cambridge Junction Historic ...
Officials at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, say changes have been made to the park’s Giant Slide after videos from Friday, August 19 – the day it reopened – showed children flying ...
Eric Covey, 50, of Grand Rapids, front, Ray Breckenridge, 32, and his partner Arshelle Tyus, 32, both of Detroit, relive their youth riding burlap sacks down the Giant Slide at Belle Isle in ...
The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000. [1] The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m).
Pony rides, canoe rentals and a public nine-hole golf course once drew visitors to Detroit’s Belle Isle Park. As the late Ernie Harwell used to say, those attractions are long gone.