Back in 2024 Abandoned Commercial Detroit visited the Ste Claire Boblo Boat, since then the boat has became more and more like it once was

A recap of Boblo Island from our look into it from 2024

Boblo Island was once a special memory for Detroiters, two boats served the island the SS STE Claire and the SS Columbia, while they were often refereed to as sister ships the boats actually are not, but served the same purpose and thus got put into a sister ship category, the island was a amusement park popular with locals looking to do a daytrip to the island and not vacation, many special events happened on the boats such as the Moonlighting Cruises, the Island was closed in 1993 and the Boats served the island till 1991 which turned the park numbers down a ton, due to people from the US side not having easy access to the island, the Detroit Harbor Terminal building also known as the Boblo Island Detroit Dock was Demolished in 2023, After the island closed the boats had various owners, it wasn’t until 2015 when the SS Columbia was chosen to be restored in NY that the future of the boats were seen in a positive light, Doctor Ron Kattoo of Detroit bought the STE Claire in 2007, but in 2018 a fire spread through the Claire in a welding accident on July 6th, 2018 and the ship was a loss, but Ron still had it in him to save the Memory for Detroiters saying "Yeah, she's 110 years old, but she's well-built and she survived," said boat co-owner, Ron Kattoo. "We are at the point in restoration to where it was a steel skeleton structure ready to be rebuilt." it’s been 6 years since then and the STE Claire is almost ready to host events again, not quite Moonlighting Cruises but maybe one day, the SS Columbia originally seemed to be the lucky one has sat in limbo in its restoration since 2021 and sits in Silo City Buffalo NY.

Today in 2026 the ship is starting to show great signs of improvement, with the ship featuring its original paint linings, alongside more deck work. However it still has a bit more work till they can open it to the public to tour and experience again, but again it seems Detroit has won again, as unfortunately the Columbia continues to sit in Silo City NY with no major work being done since that 2021 date still.

As part of abandonedcommercialdetroit’s new set of equipment the “atom 2 drone” we can give a first hand look at the ship up close from the air.‍ ‍