A lasting piece of Detroit nostalgia went up in flames Friday: The Boblo boat SS Ste. Claire caught fire on the Detroit River
The Ste. Claire, a storied Boblo boat
The boat's love stories, musical revelry and more are recounted in "A People's History of the SS Columbia."
The S.S. Columbia, the iconic Boblo boat that created happy memories for hundreds of thousands of school children and tourists for nearly a century, has been hauled away from the edge of the River Rouge waterfront in Detroit to start a new life in Toledo, Ohio.
The SS Columbia steamer, which once carried passengers to Boblo Island Amusement Park, will soon travel from a shipyard in Toledo, Ohio, to Buffalo, N.Y., the next …
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Dedicated to telling the stories of the faded empire of Michigan through its ruins and remote, forgotten places. With attitude, of course.
We explored the grounds of Boblo Island Amusement Park to see what it looks like now. These are pictures of the eerie remnants of the park which operated from 1898 to 1993.
Fire has destroyed a piece of Michigan history, one of the old Boblo Island boats. See what the S.S. Ste Claire looked like from our recent tour.
I recently took a nostalgic trip back in time... I traveled to Boblo, a Canadian island in the Detroit River where I spent many happy day...
Gone are the roller coasters, but there are plenty of haunting remnants from Boblo Island Amusement Park, which delivered thrills and family fun from 1898 to September 30, 1993. Here's what we saw as we recently explored the amusement park area.
Boblo Island Amusement Park ran from 1898 to 1993. Here are historic pictures of Boblo Island, along with some pics of what the remains of the amusement park look like today. For more than 80 years, the ferry boats SS Columbia and SS Ste. Clair brought passengers to and from the island, making the 18 mile journey from Detroit.
A Detroit excursion boat which ferried passengers to the Boblo Island amusement park caught fire Friday at the Riverside Marina in Detroit.
Ready to take a trip down memory lane? Check out these fantastic photos of Detroit from throughout the 1970s.
