tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post4754763818357437467..comments2023-11-24T07:31:06.204-08:00Comments on nailhed: Sugar Island, "The Black Boblo"nailhedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-90933942951596908842022-09-26T23:10:58.935-07:002022-09-26T23:10:58.935-07:00Here is much more detail on Round Island, starting...Here is much more detail on Round Island, starting at page 29<br /><br />https://www.luminaud.com/i/u/10204675/f/tommemories.pdfJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040355147776826695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-54080457410773347252020-09-04T10:55:20.019-07:002020-09-04T10:55:20.019-07:00Hi Martin,
I'm a filmmaker doing a story on Su...Hi Martin,<br />I'm a filmmaker doing a story on Sugar Island as part of my feature length documentary, Boblo Boats: A Tale of Two Sisters. Can I please ask you a few questions on what you remember of your grandfather's ownership of Sugar Island? I can be reached at the below info. Thank you for your time.<br /><br />Best,<br />Aaron Schillinger<br />aaron@babyvolcano.com<br />Aaron Schillingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911294958775555290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-45741825298538920952019-02-25T09:03:16.101-08:002019-02-25T09:03:16.101-08:00May i also add this about Round Island. I am a 24...May i also add this about Round Island. I am a 24 yr member of Ford Yacht Club there, (actually you're pic of the canal looking south there, has the transom of my Chris Craft in the extreme right of the pic) The Round Island stories from the immediate postwar days are few and far between this late in the game...So many people are no longer with us to recant these stories. But the one pic uScott C Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-74019688755635916002019-02-25T09:01:47.096-08:002019-02-25T09:01:47.096-08:00Very interesting article, i had never heard the fu...Very interesting article, i had never heard the full story of the back and forth lawsuits regarding the acquisition of the island by the group of black businessmen. I had been told a "Cliff's Notes" version many years ago, by a good friend, (now long since deceased) that was a teen during those years growing up on Grosse Ile. He also was definitely one of the "Privileged folkScott C Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-76043783175192504432017-08-23T13:22:41.936-07:002017-08-23T13:22:41.936-07:00I have also explored Sugar Island in the mid 80...I have also explored Sugar Island in the mid 80's. Back then I found what must have been the foundation to a ferris wheel, what looked like the foundation to a small ticket booth, old sidewalk sections and the remains of the dance pavilion. I am sure much has been lost since then but it was fun to explore back then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-75728442147263409692017-08-12T23:00:25.071-07:002017-08-12T23:00:25.071-07:00Nice article. My grandfather owned Sugar Island, b...Nice article. My grandfather owned Sugar Island, but I don't know the exact time period. To the best of my guess, it was in the 1920's, and the Tashmoo brought day visitors for fun and games. His name was Elmer Cote, and I believe he lost the island and many other properties in Michigan during the great depression. The island sported a dance pavilion, beer garden, amusement rides and Marty from Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744301671208938380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-40400637465673578332017-06-04T03:31:11.548-07:002017-06-04T03:31:11.548-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Amran Ahmedhttp://www.facebook.com/wwwvirtualedgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-58456004875483507302017-02-22T21:39:21.996-08:002017-02-22T21:39:21.996-08:00I too made an excursion to Sugar Island with my In...I too made an excursion to Sugar Island with my Indian Guide tribe, but it was in the mid 1970's. As a kid, I thought it was interesting, but no one shared with us any of the history, so I had no idea what the ruins were.Steve Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904474700323975810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-69460047051303152462016-10-03T07:03:44.961-07:002016-10-03T07:03:44.961-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed your article. It was a walk...I thoroughly enjoyed your article. It was a walk down memory lane, as many of the locations you have described were the stomping grounds of my youth. <br /><br />My family's home was located on the river side of E. River Rd., directly across from the remains of Sugar Island's ferry dock. The Grosse Ile side of the ferry service, where the ferry docked and cars parked, was located on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209753482424551361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-25851382196148680542016-10-02T06:04:10.959-07:002016-10-02T06:04:10.959-07:00Loved your article and sharing your adventure. I ...Loved your article and sharing your adventure. I was so fortunate to grow up across from the ferry docks on Sugar Island. Often when the water is low the hull of the Seabreeze shows herself. My mother's Mariner Girl Scout Troop had many adventures camping on the sound end of the island where a beautiful clearing made the perfect campsite. It has long been gone, a function of the swift Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-42861813059627888332016-08-21T18:38:24.378-07:002016-08-21T18:38:24.378-07:00In the early 1980s, I was in the Indian Guides wit...In the early 1980s, I was in the Indian Guides with my son. A group of dads and boys toured Sugar Island in the early spring, when vegetation had hardly started growing and the mosquito population was low. We saw the concrete steps that the article mentioned. We presumed that they were the approach for a large building because there was a large rectangular area with trees much smaller than other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com