While my family members did not swim there I did have a great uncle who would ice skate across the Detroit River when it froze over in the 20s. He would smuggle in backpacks of booze during prohibition. He was shot and killed by The Purple Gang when he didn't pay his protection money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang
I am a wheelsmen on the Great Lakes from Ontario, I steer a cargo ship through this river weekly... it is quite a beautiful site on a clear evening. We use the GM building as a steering mark.
beenburnedbutable on December 10th, 2021 at 19:27 UTC »
Canada is south of Detroit.
EagleOfMay on December 10th, 2021 at 20:46 UTC »
While my family members did not swim there I did have a great uncle who would ice skate across the Detroit River when it froze over in the 20s. He would smuggle in backpacks of booze during prohibition. He was shot and killed by The Purple Gang when he didn't pay his protection money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang
DougyRS on December 11st, 2021 at 02:38 UTC »
I am a wheelsmen on the Great Lakes from Ontario, I steer a cargo ship through this river weekly... it is quite a beautiful site on a clear evening. We use the GM building as a steering mark.