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"A proud community

in the heart of Lakeshore
on southern Lake St. Clair"
Beautiful downtown Belle River has over 120 unique businesses
to serve you only a short walk from the Belle River Marina and
Lakeview Park. The friendly merchants in our town offer you a great
variety of shops, salons, restaurants, and professional services
in a very clean and safe environment.

Belle River is less than a half hour ride from the
Windsor Experience! The Belle River BIA would like to invite

you to come and join us for these exciting annual events:

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15th Annual Sunsplash

Festival July 16-19

Lakeview Park and Uptown Belle
River features a carnival, live
entertainment, parade,
children's events and
great food all weekend long.

Nautical Term
for the Day....
"Beating a Dead Horse"

The term might be derived from
the "dead horse" ritual, a prac-
tice in which seamen would pa-
rade a straw-stuffed dummy of
a horse around the deck before
throwing it overboard.
Seamen were often paid partly
in advance before a long voyage,
and most of the money was spent
at taverns and brothels before
getting on the ship. So for the 1st month, they weren't get-
ting paid except for food so it was like having a useless dead
horse (both referring to owning one and to the crew acting like
one). So, at the end of this month, there would be a ceremony
to celebrate having worked off the "dead horse" debt.