Postcard

Recreation, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting canoes on a Belle Isle canal, with people and benches along the shore.
Printed on verso: Recreation, Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada, The Island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 mile of Macadam Roads; a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium; Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens. The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it.