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bif

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13. Okay, I'll chime in here

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 30, 2023, 03:08 PM

Jul 2023

It was originally called "Wanabeze" which is Ojibwa for Swan Island. It was also called Snake Island. When the French came and settled the area in the early 1700s, they renamed it Ille Aux Cochons, or Hog Island. Then it was renamed in 1845 by a group of folks while picnicking on the island Belle Isle after Isabelle Cass, the daughter of the popular "Boy" Governor Lewis Cass.

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I now have a job giving tours of Belle Isle! [View all] bif Jul 2023 OP

Nice! A very scenic area, I'm sure! Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #1

It's an island park in the Detroit River bif Jul 2023 #2

that's really interesting. sounds like a cool job. congrats! nt orleans Jul 2023 #8

Originally named "Pig Island" Wednesdays Jul 2023 #10

I thought it was called Snake Island. multigraincracker Jul 2023 #11

Okay, I'll chime in here bif Jul 2023 #13

Just ask the tour guide. multigraincracker Jul 2023 #15

Egg-zackly! bif Jul 2023 #16

Wow that sounds fun! LisaM Jul 2023 #3

Very cool! Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2023 #4

Always loved Belle Isle if..fish..had..wings Jul 2023 #5

I use to spend a lot of time there multigraincracker Jul 2023 #6

Sounds perfect !!! Karadeniz Jul 2023 #7

Love the Piquette Plant MichMan Jul 2023 #9

Wow! I wish I wasn't so far away. I'd love those tours. Thanks for sharing this, bif.❤️ littlemissmartypants Jul 2023 #12

I love doing this. bif Jul 2023 #14

I loved going to Belle Isle when I was a kid, then later with my girlfriend Hassler Jul 2023 #17

Belle Island is beautiful...(Zug Island, not so much.) Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2023 #18