No, Detroit is located on the Detroit river, which flows from Lake St. clair to Lake Erie
Detroit It is true that Detroit is "by" the Great lakes if one means not "on" the Great lakes. Detroit is "on" the Detroit River, which along with Lake St.Clair, and the St. Clair River, connects Lake Huron, and Lake Erie, both which are Great Lakes. Interestingly, some are requesting that Lake St. Clair be designated as a Great Lake, which would be a political and definitional addition to the existing 5 Great Lakes. Other Michigan Cities "on" the Great Lakes are Port Huron which is where the St. Clair River connects with Lake Huron. Muskegan is on Lake Michigan. Marquette is on Lake Superior. Menominee is on Lake Michigan. Saginaw and Bay city are port Cities on Lake Huron. The lists go on. But Detroit is not "on" any of the Great Lakes.
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The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system and connects Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.
Lake Erie is the 'Great Lake' between Cleveland and Detroit.
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Chicago, a big great city was built on the shore of Lake Michigan because it just was, let's leave it at that.
Detroit isn't on a "coast"; it's on the shore of the Detroit River and the "sixth great lake", Lake St. Clair. (Lake St. Clair lies along the chain of lakes and rivers that connect Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean; it's smaller than the "main five" great lakes of Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, but is nonetheless a respectable body of water in its own right.)
The area of Detroit Lake is 14.164 square kilometers.
No, Brigham Young did not find Salt Lake City. He built it. He lead the Mormons from Illinois to Utah, and they built a city on shores of the great salt lake.
In the city of Detroit, the water comes from Lake Erie or Lake St. Clair.
Sodium chloride was left as residue under Detroit after Lake Michigan or one of the Great Lakes shrunk in size as residue.