Ruins of Boblo Island

**Rochelle St.** · November-10-10, 07:53 AM

I though they were going to build private homes there?
What happened to that plan?

**DetroitPlanner** · November-10-10, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by Rochelle St.

I though they were going to build private homes there?
What happened to that plan?

A number of homes were built on the island, but much of the plan was never executed. The guy who was developing the island ran into money troubles. A funny story was that during bankruptcy because it was considered a capital asset, the ferry was siezed and sold, leaving those with homes on the island no way to get to or from their home.

When I was a young teen [[early 80's) we used to take the bus to the dock and get on the boat. When we would get to island we would walk down to by the lighthouse and block house for a dip at the beach. There was not a door at that time. I assume it must have been blocked off when the light was decommissioned.