Belle Isle...

After visiting the Eastern Market, we drove across the bridge and onto Belle Isle, a lovely island halfway between the USA and Canada in the Detroit River. There's a maritime museum, a nature centre, an aquarium, sports fields, a US coast guard station, a yacht club, and even a beach! The photo here is the view to downtown Detroit with the bridge going across into Canada.

We browsed outside the maritime museum, looked across the river to Canada, and then walked through the lovely nature centre. The children loved the fantastic playground there! Here's an old cannon mounted outside the museum.

Milliken State Park Lighthouse in downtown Detroit.

Lovely to see large ocean-going vessels again!

Sea gulls! (Or should it be lake gulls?!)

View towards Canada.

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Anchor from the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald.

The bridge/pilot house of the William Clay Ford, behind this 1800s anchor.

A couple share a canoe with Canada in the background.

Cute little bay near the maritime museum.

Ship's mast outside the museum.

Eliza and Riaan explore the bay.

Fancy speedboat on the Detroit River.

US Coast Guard sign.

William Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse - made out of marble!

Box turtle in the nature centre.

Albino turtle.

Riaan in the insect display. :)

Riaan and Eliza see the inner workings of a beehive.

Eliza having a blast at the play area.

The Detroit Yacht Club.