Generations of metro Detroiters caught a ride on the Boblo Boat, aka the SS Columbia, to the Boblo Island amusement park on Bois Blanc Island. Launched in 1902, the Columbia, along with SS Ste.

Dan McSweeney, cofounder of the SS United States Conservancy ... that there was no other option except to sink the ship. Last month, the Columbia Spectator reported McSweeney pitched using ...