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
beenburnedbutable on December 10th, 2021 at 19:27 UTC »
Canada is south of Detroit.
PeeshPoshItchPitch on December 10th, 2021 at 20:13 UTC »
Cleaner river than it used to be. When I was a kid there in early 60s, the river caught on 🔥
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