Belle Isle - Places

Places

In Canada
  • Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador), an island and strait (named by French explorer Jacques Cartier)
In England, UK
  • Belle Isle, an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • Belle Isle (Windermere), an island in Lake District, Cumbria
In the United States
  • Belle Isle, Florida, an inland town in central Florida
  • Belle Isle (Miami Beach), an artificial island in Biscayne Bay
  • Belle Isle Park, an island in the Detroit River between Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • Belle Isle, a small island in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
  • Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, parkland near Boston
  • Belle Isle State Park, in Lancaster, Virginia
  • Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia), an island and public park in the James River

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