Ruins of Boblo Island

**Meddle** · November-15-10, 07:24 AM

What is that in the lower right corner, condos or an apartment building or something else?

**slick** · November-15-10, 11:01 AM

The thing that pisses me off about this city is that, everything we have something great like Boblo, people don't appreciate what we got until its gone.

Claude G,

The city did not own Boblo, I believe it was a private amusement park. AAA owned it in the 90s and tried to make it a go. BUT, Cedar Point was taking their business away and they just did not have much in the way of new rides.

**marcwigle** · November-17-10, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by slick

Claude G,

The city did not own Boblo, I believe it was a private amusement park. AAA owned it in the 90s and tried to make it a go. BUT, Cedar Point was taking their business away and they just did not have much in the way of new rides.

It's also not in the same country... it's a Canadian island. From what I read a few years ago, gangs from Detroit were amajor problem on the Boblo boats as well.

**Hermod** · March-10-15, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by marcwigle

It's also not in the same country... it's a Canadian island. From what I read a few years ago, gangs from Detroit were amajor problem on the Boblo boats as well.

They also were a factor in the demise of the demise of Jefferson Beach, Edgewater, and Walled Lake amusement parks [[the old "end-of-the-line" trolley parks). Eastwood Park went under before they were a problem.

**DetroitPlanner** · November-15-10, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Meddle

What is that in the lower right corner, condos or an apartment building or something else?

Thats my house. I need the space to park all of my cars. Besides the additional impervious surface running off into the lake makes my heart a little lighter and my days filled with sunshine. [[sarcasm)

I would suspect that is a community center of some sorts. I have heard they have a restraunt on the island, but thought it was associated with the marina.

**marcwigle** · November-17-10, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

Thats my house. I need the space to park all of my cars. Besides the additional impervious surface running off into the lake makes my heart a little lighter and my days filled with sunshine. [[sarcasm)

I would suspect that is a community center of some sorts. I have heard they have a restraunt on the island, but thought it was associated with the marina.

It's a condo building. The restaurant is on the other side of the island.

Have a look at the Google map here: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&exp...-8&sa=N&tab=wl

And have a gander at the *cough* house at the far north-east end of the island... the one with it's own private bay.