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About Ecorse, MI

In 1836, after the community became part of the United States and settled by more English speakers, it was named Grand Port, but remained unincorporated within Ecorse Township. The settlement was incorporated as the village of Ecorse in 1903. Ecorse became a significant economic force in the region when its first steel mill, Michigan Steel Mill, began operation in 1923. The village incorporated as a city in 1942. Since the later 20th century, the city, like most other industrial inner-ring suburbs, has fallen into economic decline.