Haven't flown in a long while...

"Doug" wrote in message
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Just curious, does anyone operate a Seaplane on the Detroit River? Are
there any desirable places where you can live and have a dock on the
Detroit River?


I'm not aware of any active sea plane bases any more. But I would assume
that there are some float planes still in the area though. You are probably
more likely to find them on smaller lakes.

All it takes is money. On the downriver end, there are lots of homes with
docks on Grosse Ile (river and canals), Gibralter (mostly on canals), some
in Trenton and Wyandotte (on the river). Bois Blanc island (Bob-Lo) is now
all condo's (used to be an amusement park), but that's on the Canadian side.

There are new, upscale, waterfront developments going in on the east side of
Detroit. If you have LOTS of money you could buy lakefront property in the
Grosse Pointes but most of them don't have docks (pretty exposed - besides,
you belong to one of the yacht clubs anyhow, right?), lots of canals in St.
Clair Shores.

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Geoff
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All it takes is money. On the downriver end, there are lots of homes with
docks on Grosse Ile (river and canals), Gibralter (mostly on canals), some
in Trenton and Wyandotte (on the river). Bois Blanc island (Bob-Lo) is now
all condo's (used to be an amusement park), but that's on the Canadian
side.

Bob-Lo is all condos now...?!?!?

*sigh*

Another happy childhood memory trashed!

Whatever became of the Bob-Lo Boats?

Jay B

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote



I'm not aware of any active sea plane bases any more. But I would assume
that there are some float planes still in the area though. You are
probably more likely to find them on smaller lakes.
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In the area of the Detroit River, or anywhere?

Last time I was there, there was a base at Key West.
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Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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In the area of the Detroit River, or anywhere?

Last time I was there, there was a base at Key West.

Obviously he means on the Detroit River. There are numerous seaplane bases
in operation elsewhere.