My mother's family, who lived on the near west side around Grand River & Trumbull, used to take the Belle Isle ferry regularly from downtown out to the island.
Here is the old ferry dock on the south side of Belle Isle. Built in 1870, and still standing:
Taken from the Belle Isle Conservancy's listing of Belle Isle historic structures and monuments:
http://belleisleconservancy.org/visi...res-monuments/
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