BOB-LO 1959

[generatrix999]

That's when Detroit was bitchin!

[free2drm]

Such amazing footage. I love it

[jewell49707]

Very Cool !!!!

[DetroitDen]

Actual shot of the Wild Maus and the Comet!

As my birthday nears, I always think back on my #1 birthday wish...spend the day on Bob-lo Island...rain or shine!

[lyricalaska]

I sang on the Bob-Lo Boat's evening cruises.  What great memories!

[thenegas2008]

yes i remember bob-lo downton detroit where it was safe to go 24/7 but afew dupa's ruined that for everyone.

[littlelambccece]

i loved Boblo...I loved Detroit...what happened? Its too sad...

[ngeorge62]

sweet memories. but as they say all good things come to an end

[Shahamu]

I'm curious as to how it worked. Could you take a ferry from the US side to Boblo, then a ferry from Boblo to the Canadian side, or vice-versa, thereby sidestepping Customs?

[norwood49720]

Absolutely,

You bought tickets from the Detroit side or the Windsor side, if you could trade a ticket from the other side (different color) you could get on the boat returning to the other side.

[mmichaelc]

From the US side you got on the Columbia or Ste Claire for a 1:30 boat ride to Boblo Island yes the island had customs on it. From Canada you took a small boat to the island.

[mmichaelc]

The boat ride took 1hr 30 mins each way sorry i hit post before rereading what i typed in. Great video thanks for posting it

[TheCherryCokehead]

Too cool!

[dillapp21]

Thank you for sharing your memories.

[sweetmemoriesca]

That was awsome footage. Brings back alot of memories. We would go to Bob lo every year. Living in Kingsville, we would drive to Amherstburg and take the little ferry across. I always wondered what it would have been like to take the big Bob lo Ferry.

Ted

[carolkoepke1]

Like a trip down memory lane. I remember those images of going down the Detroit River like they were yesterday and not all those years ago!

[Floridagper1022]

Thanks Carol! My Dad had quite a knack of shooting good clips on his very basic Brownie 8mm manual wind up camera. Notice how clean Detroit looked at the time, eh?

Gary Perrine

Oviedo, FL

[ecuff44]

between this and Belle Isle as kids we aways had fun

[suzannelovejoy]

Great memories!!!

Thanks for this!!

[phactreerat]

Yes I notice Cobo under construction. Ford auditorium too.

Boblo was great, but if you couldn't di Boblo there was always Edgewater.

[redcap79]

Great video!

[junedeon]

LOL! I see the Penobscot & Book Tower buildings! My office was in the Book Tower just a few years ago.

[banditboy6666]

love this

[OAGGBU555]

Reminds me of the times that I watched my mom get played with under her big skirt...by three drunk men at Bob-Lo island... thank goodness she had a hairy pie like my aunt ediths, as she actually got two of the men to lose their gold rings in her nether regions...the smell of fish was covered by the Detroit River! that allowed us to get a new black and white tv and watch Leave it To Beaver... Mom was always pleasing the men in the neighboorhood. Sincerely, Oprah Winfrey.

[TornadoWarrior1]

Wow! Nice film ! and color too ! Detroit looked so clean then.

[Brda13]

who needed cedar point when we were young?

[littlelambccece]

sooo sad

[redravensounds]

Oh THANK you!

[Floridagper1022]

You're very welcome. My Dad was a movie takin fan and he took this clip on his old Brownie 8mm manually wound movie camera that you had to guess what settings to put the thing on. The kid in the movie is me, 9 years old. I LOVED goin to Bob-Lo!!

Gary Perrine

Oviedo, Florida

[febufilmz]

remarkable... we never really understand how important our pictures will be one day.

[florbor13]

The Cobo Hall & Arena is being built in the backround

[briandonald]

wow, this is awesome

[vfreeck]

The updated Bob-Lo sign is still up at the old Harbor.

[ballab714]

it opened in 1977

[Marty718]

Awesome been waiting for footage Thank You Wild Mouse that was a scary ride Miss the Colombia and the St. Clair

[Biggie1231]

Hey I love the Video When did the renasanceCenter start getting Build

[Idolmakercat]

I am from that area. I think it The Ren CEn was started about 1975-1977. It is a building that is something to see. It has a movie theater in it and it is not the headquarters for General Motors.

[losky1]

GM's Logo is on the Center Tower!! It's GM World Head quaters now. Drivw there and see.

[Idolmakercat]

Sorry Losky1 I mispelled the word not for now.