Detroit River to Boblo Thursday, August 24, 2006 found us motoring down the Detroit river to Bois Blanc Island (Boblo). The current today was 2 knots. Transversing downtown Detroit by water was a pleasant and interesting experience. We could see and hear a carillon on Belle Isle, and enjoyed the smell of bread baking from a large commercial bakery on Windsor's shore. Passing by Detroit's spectacular downtown Renaissance Centre brought back fond memories of how in past years we had seen the Freedom festival fireworks reflected in it. The motor industry is very well represented by the buildings along the river. Once south of the Ambassador bridge area, the view along the shore became horrid, as we passed steel foundries,(River Rouge), chemical plants and other industries. The source of the high pollution in our environment, is unquestionable in this area. We anchored for the night between the Amherstberg freighter channel and the Livingston freighter channel with a view of the Ferme Nuclear Plant. (so much for beauty) Even though freighter traffic is heavily passing by us on both sides we can sleep without worry of them getting too close, as we're out of their dredged channels. They'd be "stuck in the mud" long before they reached us.