Geography | |
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Location | Michigan |
Coordinates | 42°04′07″N 83°11′17″W / 42.06861°N 83.18806°W [1] |
Highest elevation | 571 ft (174 m) [1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | Michigan |
County | Wayne |
Sturgeon Bar (or Sturgeon's Bar) is a small island in the Detroit River. [2] It is in Wayne County, in southeast Michigan. Its coordinates are 42°04′07″N 83°11′17″W / 42.06861°N 83.18806°W [1], and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 571 ft (174 m) in 1980. [1] Numerous types of fish spawn at the island; a 1982 report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed lake sturgeon, [3]: 4 gizzard shad, [3]: 6 goldfish, [3]: 11 carp, [3]: 14 emerald shiner, [3]: 15 channel catfish, [3]: 19 bullhead catfish, [3]: 19 bluegill, [3]: 23 smallmouth bass, [3]: 25 and crappie. [3]: 26
Geography | |
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Location | Michigan |
Coordinates | 42°04′07″N 83°11′17″W / 42.06861°N 83.18806°W [1] |
Highest elevation | 571 ft (174 m) [1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | Michigan |
County | Wayne |
Sturgeon Bar (or Sturgeon's Bar) is a small island in the Detroit River. [2] It is in Wayne County, in southeast Michigan. Its coordinates are 42°04′07″N 83°11′17″W / 42.06861°N 83.18806°W [1], and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 571 ft (174 m) in 1980. [1] Numerous types of fish spawn at the island; a 1982 report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed lake sturgeon, [3]: 4 gizzard shad, [3]: 6 goldfish, [3]: 11 carp, [3]: 14 emerald shiner, [3]: 15 channel catfish, [3]: 19 bullhead catfish, [3]: 19 bluegill, [3]: 23 smallmouth bass, [3]: 25 and crappie. [3]: 26