Boblo Island Amusement Park
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Oct 16, 2026
Jamie EdmondsHOST
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Tony MichaelsGUEST
Boblo Island, the Spirit of Detroit.
Lloyd JacksonHOST
Oh, wow.
Tony MichaelsGUEST
The Em- Look at this.
Lloyd JacksonHOST
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Tony MichaelsGUEST
Boblo Island, the spirit of Detroit.
Lloyd JacksonHOST
Oh, wow.
Tony MichaelsGUEST
The Em- Look at this.
Dave HunterHOST
Never.
Chuck the FreakHOST
I, I think, like, there was one thing that I heard about happening at Boblo Island.
Lisa WayHOST
Yeah, Boblo is a little-
Chuck the FreakHOST
On the Mouse trap
Cynthia Van VrouwerffGUEST
Um, I attended St. John's grade school, and then, uh, we went to live in Milan projects as well, uh, in the 3400 block and be- not right behind the basketball courts, but closer to the College Community Center, now, now the WECHC, um, health unit, and also the, where the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program, which my son and I were the very first when it was in the basement of Forster, were take part in that, at the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies.
Cynthia Van VrouwerffGUEST
Um, and I was help as a Christmas Kettle worker as well at Boblo since 16, and many other transferable jobs in the frontline worker, um, at Tim Hortons, McDonald's, um, janitorial staff at Boblo.
Cynthia Van VrouwerffGUEST
Or I was a sanitation at Boblo and at GDI at the... during the pandemic, I worked at the Aquatic Center.
Melinda MonroeHOST
Okay.
Cynthia Van VrouwerffGUEST
Yeah.
Desiree CooperGUEST
.. right here in Detroit.
Desiree CooperGUEST
So just as fast story forward, she integrated the Boblo Boat.
Khary FrazierHOST
Mm.
Khary FrazierHOST
Okay.
Desiree CooperGUEST
And so Detroiters, especially of a certain age, see Boblo as, like, the just, the iconic experience of summer.
Desiree CooperGUEST
Like, you ain't nobody [laughs] unless you had gone on the Boblo Boat, right?
Khary FrazierHOST
Mm-hmm.
Desiree CooperGUEST
It's a little bit classy.
BillAUDIENCE
Yeah.
BillAUDIENCE
And also, uh, out in Amherstburg, uh, the Boblo sign.
Meg RobertsHOST
Oh, yes.
Meg RobertsHOST
Yeah, that definitely was iconic.
Catherine Gariepy SchultzGUEST
Safety and frontline workers as myself.
Catherine Gariepy SchultzGUEST
I started off in hospitality as sanitation at sixteen on Boblo Island.
Catherine Gariepy SchultzGUEST
And from there, I went to McDonald's on Huron Line and was a cr- a crew member in drive-through and Tim Hortons.
Catherine Gariepy SchultzGUEST
You might have-- served you at any Tim Hortons here in Windsor.
Nicole Young-MartinHOST
Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites readers to breathe deeply and return to that carefree season.
Nicole Young-MartinHOST
From riding bikes with friends through the neighborhood, to hopping the ferry to Boblo Island, catching catfish along the river, dancing on warm nights to Afro beats and jazz music, and cooling off in the swimmobile.
Nicole Young-MartinHOST
Those sun-drenched memories were often clouded by racism for the Detroiters and this evocative anthology.
Nicole Young-MartinHOST
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