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- Bear Pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan - Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.
- circa 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Bear Pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.
- Bear Pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan - Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.
- circa 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Bear Pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.