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Detroit Area Attraction Guide
Belle Isle Aquarium was closed Permanently on April 3rd 2005
Belle Isle Aquarium
The Belle Isle Aquarium located in detroit michigan was North America's oldest, continuously operating public aquarium, The Aquarium currently displays 60 exhibits with a total capacity of 32,000 gallons of water. In total, the Aquarium is home to 1,500 individual animals of 146 species. Of these species, 18 are officially listed as endangered, threatened, or already extinct in the wild.
There are approximately 10,000 gallons of refrigerated fresh water featuring many native Detroit River species such as trout, bass, pike, perch and walleye. The remaining exhibits are tropical freshwater and marine displays, including coral reef fish.
The Aquarium is best known for successfully breeding and rearing freshwater stingrays including the dwarf, checkerboard and occelated species. The most notable success is with the occelated stingray which has been raised through three generations,
also more recently in 2002, was the surprise birth of two white-spotted bamboo sharks.
Perhaps the most popular stop at the Aquarium is the electric eel exhibit. This unique display dramatizes the discharges of the eel in visual and audible demonstrations, it is best seen at feeding times.
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For more updated information on the aquarium check out Friends of the Belle Isle Aquarium
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Many more to follow - stay tuned Note: If there is a attraction we missed or you feel should be listed here, contact us here with the information.
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Listings include attractions in the following cities, Detroit, Melvindale, Ecorse, River Rouge, Lincoln Park, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Taylor, Romulus, Southfield, Allen Park, Wyandotte, Ann Arbor, Southgate, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Garden City, Westland, Woodhaven, Trenton, Grosse Ile, Grosse Pointe, Canton, Warren, Sterling Heights, Warren, and many more...
