Wyandotte is bounded by Southgate to the west, Lincoln Park to the northwest, Riverview to the south, Grosse Ile Township to the southeast, Ecorse to the north, and LaSalle, Ontario on the east.

The Wyandot were Iroquoian-speaking and part of the Huron nation from the Georgian Bay area of Canada.

They generally lived peacefully with the few white French farmers, exchanging products and favors.

The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak Street and Eureka Road near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe.

The tribe was considered peaceable and friendly with the British, the remaining French in the area, and the newly arrived Americans.

In 1818, after the United States had gained independence and then control over this area from the British, the Wyandot signed a treaty with the U.S. government ceding this land.

Some Wyandot moved to an area near Flat Rock, Michigan, then to Ohio, and Indian Territory, in Kansas and finally Oklahoma.

[7] The Anglo-Americans later credited Major John Biddle as the first white settler in Wyandotte, but French colonists had lived in the area for more than a century before he settled there.

After the War of 1812 and the Wyandot cession, Major Biddle purchased 2,200 acres (9 km2) of land from the federal government in 1818.

[8] John S. Van Alstyne, general manager for Eber Ward of both the Eureka Iron & Steel Works and the associated Wyandotte Rolling Mills, laid out the master plan for the city.

[9] Founded as a village of Ecorse Township in 1854, Wyandotte was incorporated as a city, and granted a charter by the State of Michigan, on December 12, 1866.

A community named New Jerusalem, consisting of immigrants from multiple nations, was founded nearby in the 1890s.

The city attracted African Americans for industrial jobs, but had a discriminatory past as a sundown town.

During that time, a wide variety of boats were created along Wyandotte's riverbank, from steamers and tugs to huge ferries.

In 1873, Ward's Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works built the nation's earliest steel-hulled vessel, a tugboat called the Sport.

[17] This shipbuilding industry was immortalized in 1942 in the painting of several murals which still exist today in the auditorium of Theodore Roosevelt High School.

The company also produced a wide range of toy airplanes and other vehicles by pressing scrap metal obtained from local automobile factories.

Today, much of the remaining industry is minor, with a notable exception being BASF Wyandotte on the city's north riverfront.

In July 2002, three workers at an Atofina plant in neighboring Riverview were killed when a rail car leaked a colorless gas called methyl mercaptan.

The gas exploded into flames and led to the emergency evacuation of 3,100 area residents, including some Wyandotte citizens.

The city is served by three newspapers: the regional Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News; as well as The News-Herald, which is a more local paper serving the Downriver communities and has roots tracing back to two former newspapers that were published in Wyandotte.

[21] Wyandotte Consolidated formed in 1970 from the merger of St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph, and St. Patrick Schools.

Sports facilities include a basketball court, baseball diamond and two horseshoe pits.

Park holds youth baseball and softball games during day and night for the Wyandotte Braves Association.

The Lions Club Park is located at the intersection of Vinewood and 9th Avenue next to Our Lady of the Scapular Religious Education Office.

A small picnic area, water fountain and pavilion are located in the park, which is open from 6am to 10pm year round.

[31] A smaller park located on Highland and Alfred street in the north end of Wyandotte, it has a playground and swing sets, an open play space for sports and other activities.

Two Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation bus routes pass through the city of Wyandotte.

Fort Street north of Eureka Road is served seven days a week by route 125, which connects Detroit Metropolitan Airport and River Rouge.

The Canadian National Railway (through its Grand Trunk Western Railroad subsidiary) Shore Line and Flat Rock subdivisions and the Conrail Shared Assets Detroit Line (also used by Norfolk Southern Railway trains) parallel each other through the city of Wyandotte, connecting Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.