How the Warehouse District became Rivertown

[Satiricalivory]

The Detroit River is a river. Rivers can be straits. But it most closely fits the modern definition of a river.

It does not fit the definition of a river nearly as much as a strait, it fits basically the exact definition of a strait.

"Strait: a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water."


"A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water"

The Detroit strait is a narrow passage of water that connects Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. Calling it a river is mostly a misnomer.