Help identifying location in old photo

I found this in some old files and thought the Detroityessers would come up with an answer. I believe the H.A Schmidt Livery was on the Detroit River at the end of Motor Boat Lane [[where Gregory's is today) but I would like to have someone else confirm this.Attachment 22418

1915 Sanborn map confirms existence of Schmidt's Boat Livery at the end of Motor Boat Lane. Note the still-existing pumping station on the left, which sits on the other side of the canal on Parkview at Dwight.

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Motor Boat Lane?!

It has been a long time since I took a trip there.

~sigh ~

The ole Schmidt House.. I know it well. My family is full of Schmidts. A lot of people think that I am a Schmidt for brains.

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Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

The ole Schmidt House.. I know it well. My family is full of Schmidts. A lot of people think that I am a Schmidt for brains.

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No Schmidt?

That would put it at the foot of Gregory's Boat Basin

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Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Note the still-existing pumping station on the left, which sits on the other side of the canal on Parkview at Dwight.

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One of the old trash incinerators as well.


http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...y=1;view=image

http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...ight=517;res=0

This photo is from 1925. It might be buried in that collection, closer to shore.

I believe the second building back on the right was the original home of the Bayview Yacht Club. The whole dock apparently burned down in 1929.

The fire started at the gas station.