St. Clair Flats Range

To those of you not too well acquainted with the Great Lakes area, this story takes place between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Leaving Lake Erie, you enter the Detroit River and proceed northerly into Lake St. Clair. About 20 miles across the lake, is the southern end of the St. Clair River which runs northerly to Lake Huron. The first 4 or 5 miles  of the river is known as the St. Clair Flats. The west side of the river is in the state of Michigan and the east side is in Ontario, Canada. It is called the Flats because the area is a series of small islands separated by small cuts and canals. Most of the islands are no more than 4 or 5 feet above normal water level. They are surrounded by marshy bays of water 2 to 4 feet deep. The small islands in early days were the location of many summer cottages of families from the surrounding areas. Later, many summer cottages were built by boaters from Detroit and other
areas.