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A doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save Detroit's beloved Boblo Boat.
When Ste. Claire and SS Columbia sounded their whistles, every Detroit kid knew it heralded the coming of summer and the magic of ferrying over to nearby Boblo Island Amusement Park. After 85 years of operation, these two sister steamships – the oldest in America - find their fates resting in the hands of an unlikely band of heroes. This award-winning, nostalgic film is narrated by Martha Reeves.
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When Ste. Claire and SS Columbia sounded their whistles, every Detroit kid knew it heralded the coming of summer and the magic of ferrying over to nearby Boblo Island Amusement Park. After 85 years of operation, these two sister steamships – the oldest in America - find their fates resting in the hands of an unlikely band of heroes. This award-winning, nostalgic film is narrated by Martha Reeves.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [SS Columbia] I want to tell you a story about an island known as Boblo.
(child growling) - The Boblo experience was the boat ride there.
- Giving the man your little ticket, and you on a boat, you having fun, you partying.
- [SS Columbia] My sister Claire and I would take families by the thousands for a summer of fun.
- It was everybody together- - Right.
- And that's what made it the Boblo boat.
(creaking ship)
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