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1906 Map of Wyandotte

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Wyandotte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

About this map

The Detroit River serves as a bustling international corridor in the early 1900s, anchoring a dense network of industrial and commuter transportation between Michigan and Ontario. Along the western shore, the settlements of Wyandotte, Ecorse, and Trenton are tightly connected by an intricate web of steam and electric railways, including the Detroit Monroe and Toledo Shore Line Electric RR and the Detroit United Ry. This era of transit is further highlighted by the Detroit River Tunnel crossing near the northern boundary.

Downriver, the landscape transitions into a complex archipelago featuring Grosse Isle, Fighting Island, and Stony I. This detailed survey by H. M. Wilson captures the transition from the heavy infrastructure of the riverfront to the marshy lowlands at the head of Lake Erie, where Sturgeon Bar I and Pt Mouille define the coastline. Across the border, the established Canadian town of Amherstburg and the nearby Gordon are documented in their relationship to the American shipping channels.