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Clinton River Cruise Boats Retire

Without any deserved fanfare, ran between the city of Gibraltar
Captain Paul Gallas retired the Clin- and Bob-Lo Island during the pe-
ton River Cruises at the end of last riod when AAA Insurance owned
season. 30 years of memories for this amusement park, before the
many with weddings, mystery mur- rides were sold off. The Friend-
der cruises, parties, and friends get- ship below ran with 3 other boats
ting together on one of his 3 boats on the U.S. side to Bob-Lo along
which cruised the Clinton River. with two Canadian boats which Columbia and the Ste. Claire.
The Clinton River Cruises start- were the “Two Papooses.” For a Captain Paul graduated from
ed in 1990 with Captain Paul’s bit of history, the orig- the Great Lakes Maritime Acade-
first boat the Clinton which inal named U.S. my. He was a pilot on lake freight-
was docked between sister boat ers, worked for the Star of Detroit
the two bridges Bob-Lo Boats, and bought one of their
based in downtown “Friend - paddle wheel boats which he ran
Mt. Clemens. ship” on the Detroit River for three years
In 1994, Captain was sold before moving to the Clinton River.
Paul purchased to What’s next for the Captain? We
the vacant proper- Porto - shall see! As
ty where the boats f i n o of this writing
were based through restau - we are hoping
2020 on North River rant in Wy- Captain Paul
Road, the new home of andotte on tires quick-
the “Octopus’ Beer Garden.” the Detroit River, ly of retire-
The property way back when was sister boat “Tecumseh” ment and the
formerly the location of the Mt. Cle- went to Key West as a party boat, Fri endsh ip
mens Canoe Livery. and the last U.S. shuttle to Bob-Lo will return
The Friendship shown here which “The Beattie”, went to New York. to serve us
we all remember was purchased Bob-Lo’s famous boats before somewhere
from Bob-Lo Island and was orig- these several shuttle size boats on the St. Clair River, near his new
inally named the “Gibraltar.” She you may recall were the historic home in Marine City .....stay tuned.

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