The Doomed City of Belvidere, Michigan

Belvidere* was supposed to rival Detroit. It was going to be America's next great port city. There's a reason you've never heard of it.

*Not to be confused with the current town of Belvidere, Michigan, which is not at all doomed so far as I can tell.

Special thanks to Dr. Daniel Harrison, the Macomb County Historical Society, the Mt. Clemens Public Library, and the Archives of Michigan for their help researching this video!

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Music and SFX from Epidemic Sound. Additional footage from Storyblock, Getty, NASA, ESA, USGS, the Library of Congress, and the Archives of Michigan. Drone and on-site footage shot by George Gallagher.

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