Celeron Island

{{short description|Island in Michigan}}

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| name = Celeron Island

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| image_caption = USGS aerial imagery of Celeron Island

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| coordinates = {{coord|42|04|47|N|83|10|24|W|region:US-MI_source:gnis-622961|display=it|name=Celeron Island|notes=}}

| location = Michigan

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| elevation_ft = 571

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| country = United States

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Wayne

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File:Detroit River Draining Into Lake Erie, Grosse Ile Township, Michigan (21515707659) (cropped to Celeron Island).jpg

Celeron Island is an island in the Detroit River. It is in Wayne County, in southeast Michigan, and the southernmost island within Grosse Ile Township. Its coordinates are {{coord|42|04|47|N|83|10|24|W|region:US-MI_source:gnis-622961|display=inline|name=Celeron Island|notes=}}, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as {{cvt|571|ft|m}} in 1980.

Due to erosion, it now comprises two separate islands. Celeron Island is uninhabited and administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, as the island was included into Pointe Mouillee State Game Area in 1976.{{cite web|last=Michigan DNR|url=https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/huntingwildlifehabitat/SGA/Pointe_Mouillee_SGA_map.pdf|title=Pointe Mouillee State Game Area|date=3 September 2014|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128123555/https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/sga/Pointe_Mouillee_SGA_map.pdf|url-status=live}} Celeron Island is undergoing a restoration project with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.{{cite web | last=Metropolitan Affairs Coalition | title=A Conservation Vision for the Lower Detroit River Ecosystem | url=https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/a%20conservation%20vision%20for%20the%20lower%20detroit%20river%20ecosystem.pdf | date=October 2001 | access-date=January 19, 2021 | archive-date=January 17, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117124635/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/a%20conservation%20vision%20for%20the%20lower%20detroit%20river%20ecosystem.pdf | url-status=live }}

{{cite web|last=Friends of the Detroit River|url=https://detroitriver.org/projects/celeron-island-habitat-restoration-project.html|title=Detroit River AOC – Celeron Island Habitat Restoration|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410021205/https://detroitriver.org/projects/celeron-island-habitat-restoration-project.html|url-status=live}}

Celeron Island was named for Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n72 73]}}