Grosse Pointe Newspaper Archives (Searchable)

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1. Delphine - Horace Dodge's Steam Yacht

2. Historical Marker

3. Horace Dodge

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1. Eleanor and Edsel Ford House

2. Ford Photo Gallery

3. Henry Ford House

4. The Edsel Timeline

5. The Ford Legacy

6. The Gentle Businessman: Edsel Ford (Michigan History Magazine)

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1. About The History of Grosse Pointe

2. Biographies of 1886 Grosse Pointe Residents

3. City of Grosse Pointe

4. City of Grosse Pointe Farms

5. City of Grosse Pointe Park

6. Fox Indian Massacre

7. Grosse Pointe History

8. Grosse Pointe History - Part 1

9. Grosse Pointe History - Part 2

10. French Families

11. French Land Claims of Wayne County (Several GP family names)

12. Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant

13. Grosse Pointe High School (South)

14. Grosse Pointe Historical Marker: Grosse Pointe Farms Sewage Pumping Station

15. Grosse Pointe Historical Marker: The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church

16. Grosse Pointe Historical Marker: Grosse Pointe High School

17. Lewis E. Maire Elementary School

18. Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School

19. Russell A. Alger House "The Moorings"

20. Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

21. Wardwell House

22. War Memorial

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1. Grosse Pointe Historical Society

2. Grosse Pointe News Online

3. GP Public Library - GP News Obituaries Database

4. Grosse Pointe Theatre

5. Historic Places in Detroit (Includes GP)

6. St. Paul Parish early records

7. The Grosse Pointe Public Library

8. The Village

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Lake St. Clair was named on August 12, 1679 by Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, after St. Claire, whose feast day is August 12.

• The surface area of the lake is 430 square miles, 268 in Canada and 162 in the United States.

• The lake's water volume is about 1 cubic mile.

• The lake's maximum length is 26 miles, north to south.

• The lake's maximum width is 24 miles, east to west.

• The lake's natural (non-dredged) depth outside shipping channel is 21 feet.

• The lake's average depth is 10 feet.

• Source: The Detroit 300 Almanac