Town of Detour

Detour Township

Chippewa County Michigan


  Detour Post Office About 1913 contributed by Paul Petosky

Old Detour Greetings from 1908 -- Aerial View of Detour Village 1961
Both postcards from the private collection of Paul Petosky


Detour Light House around 1911
contributed by Paul Petosky

Since 1847 has been located at Detour passage at the Northwestern head of Lake Huron orignally placed on shore at Pointe Detour. The light was moved offshore to Detour Reef in 1931.

The light marks the mouth of the St. Mary's River, which connects Lake Huron to Lake Superior.








DeTour Espanore Island Club House, De Tour, MI (1922) Contributed by Paul Petosky




De Tour Village, MI Post Office (November 2006)

Photo by: Rick Capogrossa
Great Lakes Mariners newspaper
Contributed by Paul Petosky







Detour, MI (one word) postmark dated July 8, 1911 / De Tour (two Words) postmark Aug. 20, 1929
Contributed by Paul Petosky

DeTour Village Postmark February 17, 1965. (Official two word spelling). / Contributed by Paul Petosky
On the right - Detour Village Postmark July 3, 1990 (one word)


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