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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Boblo Island Amusement Park</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boblo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Boblo.jpg/250px-Boblo.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Boblo.jpg/375px-Boblo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Boblo.jpg/500px-Boblo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Former main dock to Boblo Island</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bois_Blanc_Island_(Ontario)" title="Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)">Bois Blanc Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&params=42_05_38.19_N_83_07_2.94_W_region:CA_type:isle_scale:10000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°05′38.19″N</span> <span class="longitude">83°07′2.94″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.0939417°N 83.1174833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.0939417; -83.1174833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">June 18, 1898</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">September 30, 1993</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Boblo Island Amusement Park</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> which operated from June 18, 1898, until its closure on September 30, 1993. Its <a href="/wiki/Amusement_rides" class="mw-redirect" title="Amusement rides">amusement rides</a> were sold in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park was located on <a href="/wiki/Bois_Blanc_Island_(Ontario)" title="Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)">Bois Blanc Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, just above the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_River" title="Detroit River">Detroit River</a>. The people of <a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a>, characterized it as the city's <a href="/wiki/Coney_Island" title="Coney Island">Coney Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bob-Lo_Excursion_Co._v._Michigan"><i>Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Michigan" title="Government of Michigan">State of Michigan</a> brought a racial discrimination case against the operators of the ferry service.<sup id="cite_ref-sc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Michigan found Bob-Lo Excursion guilty and fined the company, Bob-Lo Excursion filed a lawsuit against the state, <i>Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan</i>, 333 U.S. 28 (1948). The case reached the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> and resulted in a notable 1948 decision construing the scope of the <a href="/wiki/Commerce_clause" class="mw-redirect" title="Commerce clause">commerce clause</a>. In June 1945, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Elizabeth_Ray" title="Sarah Elizabeth Ray">Sarah Elizabeth Ray</a> and 12 other female workers involved in the war effort (and referred to as "girls" during the legal proceedings) took part in a sponsored trip to Boblo Island. Ray was removed from the boat because she was not white, enforced according to a Bob-Lo Excursion policy "excluding so-called '<a href="/wiki/Zoot_suit" title="Zoot suit">zoot-suiters</a>', the rowdyish, the rough, and the boisterous, and it also adopted the policy of excluding colored."<sup id="cite_ref-sc_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Supreme_Court" title="Michigan Supreme Court">Michigan Supreme Court</a> fined the company $25 for the discrimination they presented towards Ray.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company had claimed it could exclude her because it was a private concern operating in another country and that neither Michigan nor any other state had authority to regulate commerce with Canada (a foreign country); the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Michigan Supreme Court, which had upheld the jurisdiction of the state's anti-discrimination provisions and found against the company.<sup id="cite_ref-sc_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years">Final years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Final years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though it was not looking for a buyer, the Michigan AAA sold Boblo Island in 1988 to the International Broadcasting Corporation, a <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>-based concern that owned the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ice_Capades" title="Ice Capades">Ice Capades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind880511_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind880511-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>IBC declared bankruptcy in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind910905_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind910905-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boats were sold off as a result of a decision to shutter operations at the Detroit dock.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind911023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind911023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1992, the park was put up for sale for US$9 million, half of its 1988 purchase price, though it committed to opening it for that summer.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind920218_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind920218-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though one expert felt that Boblo was too big to fail outright and could be turned around,<sup id="cite_ref-Wind920219_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind920219-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by that June, no firm offers had been made for the park.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind920618_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind920618-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The loss of the Detroit ferry service dented attendance severely in the 1992 season, which along with poor weather caused the park to miss its attendance goal.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind920805_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind920805-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With no buyers materializing, Norton Auctioneers of <a href="/wiki/Coldwater,_Michigan" title="Coldwater, Michigan">Coldwater, Michigan</a>, was retained to sell the property at auction on February 10, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind921210_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind921210-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Michigan-based group of investors made the winning bid of $3.8 million. The group had plans to close the park in 1994 and redevelop the land into a golf course, hotel, expanded marina, residential housing and condominiums. Two days later the bid was rejected by Boblo's creditors due to their $250,000 deposit check bouncing. Following the rejection, Michael Moodenbaugh, a contractor, commercial developer and part-owner of a Seattle amusement and water park was declared the winner with the second highest bid of $3.7 million. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1993 season proved bumpy and was marred by miscues including disputes with island residents and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Coast_Guard" title="Canadian Coast Guard">Canadian Coast Guard</a>, compounded by the leader of Enchanted Parks, Michael Moodenbaugh, being seriously injured and breaking his spine in a car accident in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, in September.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind940119_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind940119-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moodenbaugh had hired Liberal MPP <a href="/wiki/Remo_Mancini" title="Remo Mancini">Remo Mancini</a> to help market the park. Larry Benaroya, his associate, and his Northern Capital took control of the property; Mancini was fired, and the ownership group put it back on the market in January 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind940117_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind940117-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moodenbaugh later sued Benaroya and others for attempting to sell the park while he lay in a "virtual coma".<sup id="cite_ref-Wind960712_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind960712-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1994, the rides were dismantled and sold off piecemeal to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_National_Exhibition" title="Pacific National Exhibition">Pacific National Exhibition</a> and a series of U.S. theme parks, a moment that confirmed the "worst fears" of <a href="/wiki/Malden_Township" class="mw-redirect" title="Malden Township">Malden Township</a> officials; the amusement park paid 25 percent of its taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind940308_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind940308-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reuse_of_the_property">Reuse of the property</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reuse of the property"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, John Oram, an Iraqi immigrant to the United States who owned car stereo businesses, purchased the Boblo Island site.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind940809_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind940809-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He vaguely proposed a casino, hotel, and other development.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind940810_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind940810-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oram then leased and shut down the White Sands boater's hangout adjacent to the park site, citing trespassers but infuriating boaters; as a result, the lease was dropped within weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind950526_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind950526-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wind950606_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind950606-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1995, the site began to be marketed for residential development.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind951006_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind951006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Townhouses and condominiums were proposed in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind970129_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind970129-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island was off limits to non-residents until 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind020524_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind020524-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American investors were scared away after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, which hurt the financial outlook for the development. Not a single lot was sold between 9/11 and May 2004. $19 million in debt, John's brother Randy forced Boblo Island into court-appointed receivership in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind040505_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind040505-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a> found there was no money left to continue supplying basic services.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind040522_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind040522-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dominic Amicone became the new owner in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind050722_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind050722-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a local housing slump meant little was developed.<sup id="cite_ref-Wind080523_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind080523-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tower for the Space Needle ride was demolished in 2021, with Amicone citing "health and safety concerns".<sup id="cite_ref-Wind211203_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wind211203-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the island has been transformed into a residential community, occupied by luxury homes, condos and a marina. Some remnants of its past as an amusement park still exist, such as the ruins of some of the rides and buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-Boblo_Island_2024_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boblo_Island_2024-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo,_Bois_Blanc_Island,_Detroit_River_(HS85-10-28621).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg/220px-Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg/330px-Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg/440px-Dancing_pavilion_at_Bo-Lo%2C_Bois_Blanc_Island%2C_Detroit_River_%28HS85-10-28621%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2860" data-file-height="2278" /></a><figcaption>The dance hall in its heyday, 1914</figcaption></figure> <p>The Falling Star, log flume, <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(ride)" title="Enterprise (ride)">Enterprise</a>, Sky Tower (Space Needle), <a href="/wiki/Ferris_wheel" title="Ferris wheel">Ferris wheel</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Zoo" title="Zoo">zoo</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Carousel" title="Carousel">carousel</a> were the signature attractions.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Screamer, a double corkscrew; Nightmare, an indoor all-dark ride; and Sky Streak, a steel out-and-back design, were its three <a href="/wiki/Roller_coasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller coasters">roller coasters</a>. To move visitors around the island, the park had a small railroad. In its early years, <sup id="cite_ref-timeline_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a> financed a dance hall that was rumored to have been designed and built by famed Detroit architect <a href="/wiki/Albert_Kahn_(architect)" title="Albert Kahn (architect)">Albert Kahn</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dance_hall_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dance_hall-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was later determined to have been designed by John Scott.<sup id="cite_ref-welte_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welte-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dance hall was the second largest in the world, holding 5,000 dancers at full capacity<sup id="cite_ref-dance_hall_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dance_hall-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and featured one of the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Orchestrion" title="Orchestrion">orchestrions</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Welte-Mignon" title="Welte-Mignon">Welte</a> company: a 16 foot tall, 14 foot wide, self-playing <i>Wotan</i>-model orchestrion with 419 pipes and percussion section.<sup id="cite_ref-welte_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welte-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BobloBumperBoats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/BobloBumperBoats.jpg/170px-BobloBumperBoats.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/BobloBumperBoats.jpg/255px-BobloBumperBoats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/BobloBumperBoats.jpg/340px-BobloBumperBoats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1258" data-file-height="1869" /></a><figcaption>Detroit Judge <a href="/wiki/Ira_W._Jayne" title="Ira W. Jayne">Ira W. Jayne</a> piloting a Scootaboat on Boblo Island in 1958</figcaption></figure> <p>Boblo's Scootaboats, which were very similar to well known <a href="/wiki/Bumper_Cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Bumper Cars">Bumper Cars</a>, were a popular ride. The cars operated by drawing power from an overhead electric grid unlike the <a href="/wiki/Bumper_Boats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bumper Boats">Bumper Boats</a> in use today. Beginning in 1952, Joe Short, a man of diminutive physical stature, was employed as 'Captain Boblo', and traveled on the boats entertaining passengers of all ages. He wore a variety of colorful clothing, including a large hat with 'Captain Bob Lo' on the peak, and was typically equipped with binoculars for navigation purposes. He previously worked for Ringling Brothers Circus and captivated children with adventurous tales and knock-knock jokes until his retirement in 1974, at the age of 90. After the boats docked at night back in Detroit, Mr. Short continued entertaining at the local bars and taverns he frequented.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boblo_Boats">Boblo Boats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Boblo Boats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island is a five-minute <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferry</a> ride from <a href="/wiki/Amherstburg,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Amherstburg, Ontario">Amherstburg, Ontario</a>, and 18 miles (29 km) from Detroit. For more than 85 years, the Boblo Island Amusement Park was famous for being served by the <a href="/wiki/SS_Ste._Claire" title="SS Ste. Claire">Steamer <i>Ste Claire</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/SS_Columbia_(1902_steamboat)" title="SS Columbia (1902 steamboat)">Steamer <i>Columbia</i></a> excursion boats that could hold about 2,500 passengers each.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Boblo Boats" were sold in November 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other smaller ferries served the park from Amherstburg and <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar,_Michigan" title="Gibraltar, Michigan">Gibraltar, Michigan</a>, which were located closer to the park on the Detroit River. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_(filtered).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG/220px-Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG/330px-Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG/440px-Boblo_Island_Boat_Dock_Building_Detroit_%28filtered%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The abandoned <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Harbor_Terminals_/_Boblo_Island_Detroit_Dock_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Harbor Terminals / Boblo Island Detroit Dock Building">Boblo Island Detroit Dock Building</a> in Detroit in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>The SS <i>Ste. Claire</i> was engulfed in an accidental fire while docked on the Detroit River on July 6, 2018. The fire could not be contained and destroyed the historic mahogany woodwork and upper decks. "Yeah, she's 110 years old, but she's well-built and she survived," said boat co-owner, Ron Kattoo. "We are at the point in restoration to where it was a steel skeleton structure ready to be rebuilt." 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