Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle

Description
Creator
Diane Bédard, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is located on Belle Isle, Detroit River and accessed from Detroit, Michigan. Earlier housed in a boat, this permanent building was opened on July 24, 1961. Noted exhibits include a large collection of model ships and the bow anchor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. (the Fitzgerald had lost the anchor in the Detroit River)
The pilot house of the SS William Clay Ford is built into the river side of the museum. The roof of the Ford pilot house includes the Detroit River Watch Webcam, an interactive webcam allowing remote users to watch the river traffic.
Date of Publication
30 Oct 2010
Subject(s)
Galleries & museums
Naval museums
Pilothouses
Corporate Name(s)
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Belle Isle
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.3344488668021 Longitude: -82.9853838069153
Creative Commons licence
Attribution-NonCommercial [more details]
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
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Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle


The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is located on Belle Isle, Detroit River and accessed from Detroit, Michigan. Earlier housed in a boat, this permanent building was opened on July 24, 1961. Noted exhibits include a large collection of model ships and the bow anchor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. (the Fitzgerald had lost the anchor in the Detroit River)
The pilot house of the SS William Clay Ford is built into the river side of the museum. The roof of the Ford pilot house includes the Detroit River Watch Webcam, an interactive webcam allowing remote users to watch the river traffic.