1942 Map of Wyandotte

About this map

Wyandotte and the downriver Detroit communities are defined here by a dense industrial and maritime corridor just before the heavy wartime expansion of the early 1940s. The shoreline is a complex network of shipping lanes and islands, including the massive Fighting Island and the residential and recreational landscape of Grosse Ile. Inland, the transition from urban centers like Lincoln Park to the smaller settlements of Woodland Acres and Goddard Farms is marked by an extensive grid of drains, such as the Frank and Poet Drain, essential for managing the low-lying terrain near the Detroit River.