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Tour Christopher Columbus Replicas in Wyandotte
Replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships will be available for tours on Friday through Sunday at Bishop Park in Wyandotte.
Ships ahoy! Replicas of two of Christopher Columbus' tall ships, the Nina and the Pinta, are docked at Bishop Park in Wyandotte till Sunday. The ships arrived shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday in advance of public tours, which run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Wyandotte is the only stop in southeastern Michigan. Sixteen stops are planned throughout the country this year. This year marks the first time the ships have docked in metro Detroit. Opportunity Grosse Ile and the city of Wyandotte partnered together to make the Downriver stop possible. The event is being called the Downriver Explorers Festival. The Nina and Pinta replica ships serve as floating museums operated by The Columbus Foundation, which is located in the British…
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