2007-02-02 04:22:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The city's name comes from the Detroit River (in French Rivière du Détroit), meaning "River of the Strait," linking Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. Traveling up the Detroit River on the ship Le Griffon (previously captained by La Salle), Father Louis Hennepin noted the north bank of the river as an ideal location for a settlement. There, in 1701, French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded a fort and settlement called Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, naming it after the comte de Pontchartrain, minister of marine under Louis XIV.
2007-02-02 05:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by CanProf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Detroit=The Tree-French!!!
2007-02-02 04:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
french settlers, Detroit was originally De Trois.
2007-02-02 04:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It comes from a French word - the river
2007-02-02 04:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by Irish Wander 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋