Boblo Island

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Boblo Island

Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

Status

Defunct

Opened

1898

Closed

30 September 1993

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Boblo Island was an amusement park previously located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.

History

The island location where Boblo Island was built on was first used for developement for picnic areas and streets. Different owners controlled ownership of the island over a few years, before becoming home to the Bois Blanc Excursion Line. The park first opened in 1898 and at opening featured public facilities.

The park was purchased by Michael Moodenbaugh in March 1993. Moodenbaugh also owned Wild Waves & Enchanted Village in Seattle, Washington, USA.

The park closed permanently on 30 September 1993.

Coasters

Defunct

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Brownie Coaster	W.F Mangels	Powered	1944 or earlier	1969 or later	Unknown
Galaxie	Unknown	Sit-Down	1976	1986	Unknown
Kiddie Coaster	Overland Amusements	Kiddie	1925 or earlier	Unknown	Unknown
Little Dipper	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nightmare	Vekoma	Sit Down	1988	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Six Flags AstroWorld
Original Wild Mouse	Unknown	Wooden Wild Mouse	1957	1974 - 1993	Unknown
Screamer	Vekoma	Sit Down	1985	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Playland
Sky Streak	Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd	Sit Down	May 25, 1973	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Selva Mágica
Swiss Toboggan	Chance Rides	Sit Down	c1969	c1978	Unknown

Attractions

Defunct

This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can.

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Auto Skooter	Soli	Dodgems	1970	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Antique Cars	Arrow Development	Track Ride	1972	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Boblo Boat	Allan Herschell Company	Roundabout	1940	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Bug	Traver Engineering Company	Tumble Bug	1940s or earlier	Unknown	Unknown
Carousel	Chance Rides	Carousel	1990	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Dodg'em	Mack Rides	Dodgems	1950	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	1980	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Falling Star	Chance Rides	Rainbow	1984	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Wild Waves & Enchanted Village
Ferris Wheel	Vekoma	Ferris Wheel	1964	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Flying Dutchman	Bisch Rocco	Flying Scooters	1949 or earlier	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Junior Whip	W.F. Mangels Company	Junior Whip	1950	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Kiddie Carousel	Reverchon	Junior Carousel	1971	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Log Flume	Sansei Technologies	Log Flume	1972	September 30, 1993	Scrapped - Boats purchased by Six Flags for El Aserradero at Six Flags Over Texas
Mini Scooter	Sartori	Junior Dodgems	1974	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Moonrocket	Allan Herschell Company	Moonrocket	1953 or earlier	1953 or later	Unknown
Octopus	Unknown	Polyp	1984 or earlier	1993	Unknown
Pirate Ship	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1980	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Wild Waves & Enchanted Village
Rotor	Chance Rides	Rotor	1974	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Roundup	Hrubetz	Round Up	1967	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Scrambler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1958	September 30, 1993	Relocated to Six Flags Over Texas
Skydiver	Chance Rides	Skydiver	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sky Fighter	Allan Herschell Company	Sky Fighters	1958	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Sky Tower	Constram	Observation Tower	1970	September 30, 1993	Standing but not operating until demolition in 2021
Spider	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Polyp	1969	1969 or later	Unknown
Super Satellite Jet	Unknown	Jets	1957 or earlier	1957 or later	Unknown
Tilt-A-Whirl	Sellner	Tilt-A-Whirl	1974	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Train	Various	Miniature Railway	Unknown	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Umbrella	Hampton Rides	Roundabout	1970	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Venturer	Sellner	Track Ride	1974	September 30, 1993	Unknown
Whip	W.F. Mangels Company	Whip	1950s or earlier	Unknown	Unknown

External links

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  Boblo Island on the Roller Coaster DataBase.