Fun family history Find...Location Questions

[Downtown Lady]

Interesting info. There was a big Tournament, one of the biggest shooting events of the year [[1892), held on Des-Chree-Shos-Ka Island at the mouth of the Detroit River. The well known Jack Parker of Detroit was in charge. Now I have questions. Is that island still there, and if so, does anything go on there? What is it called these days?

This is what I found:

In the early [eighteen]nineties there was open for a few seasons a summer resort on Fighting Island, a few miles further down the river, under the name of "Des-chree-shos-ka," an Indian term meaning "a place to catch good fish." A large casino was built for the summer trade and for a few seasons the resort was well patronized. The ferry company ran a line of boats to the island until the place was closed.

http://www.archive.org/stream/ontari...auoft_djvu.txt

Fighting Island is the largest Canadian island in the Detroit River, and is opposite Wyandotte.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Island

Owned by BASF Corporation, Fighting Island has been recognized by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity as a success story as the island is being revitalized to become a Wildlife Reserve in the midst of a heavy industrial geographic area. BASF Corporation has actively promoted this project since the mid-1970s.

http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/fighting_island/