Belle Isle
It has been called one of the most interesting and beautiful urban parks in the world. From its shores
you can get a view of downtown Detroit, the international freighter traffic floating past on the Detroit
River, and a sweeping view of Canada across the river. The 981-acre island is home to several large
picnic areas, two long wooden fishing piers, and paved trails through the various wooded areas. There is
also a zoo, an aquarium, the Great Lakes Museum, a conservatory with formal gardens, a marina, and a
nature center. At the western tip of the island is the extraordinary Scott Fountain.
Since Detroit’s heydays, the Isle has declined somewhat as a tourist attraction. Most of the businesses
mentioned above close by 6:00 p.m.. Casinos have begun to appear on the northern shore, and the city’s
maintenance personnel can’t always keep up with the accumulation of trash. Some areas are under
curfew and shunned by police patrols after dark. On warm evenings, groups of young people cruise
along the roadways with loud car stereos disturbing the small herds of deer that live back in the woods.
Belle Isle was the express domain of a lupine pack and completely off-limits to Detroit’s kindred until
1990 when the lupines suddenly ventured into Detroit and were annihilated. In recent years, the Tremere
have built and rebuilt a major chantry house here after the first was burned down, and the Sabbat has
attempted to move in but have so far been repeatedly driven out.
The zoo and park areas were once the haven of Darren Andrews.
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