The French Landing Dam is at the east end of Belleville Lake, forming an impoundment of the Huron River. It was built in 1924-1925 in order to provide power for for the Eastern Michigan Edison Company (now DTE Energy). The building of the dam submerged a portion of Rawsonville.

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