TAVARES — The latest tourist attraction coming to the Tavares waterfront is a hallmark of a bygone era that soon will be chugging along Lake Dora. The City Council has signed off on a lease agreement, ...

When most people think of a paddlewheel steamboat, they think of huge, gilded floating palaces, covered in scrollwork and ornaments. They imagine smoke stacks topped with crowns, belching black smoke ...

Steamboats have plied the pristine waters of Lake George since 1817 when the New York state Legislature incorporated the Lake George Steamboat Company. The company still operates today with a variety ...

HOUMA, La. -- The 88-year old Paddlewheel Steamboat Delta Queen looks regal as she sits tied to the grassy bank of a Houma canal, ready to start a new chapter under new owner Cornel Martin. "It's ...

A paddlewheel steamboat called the E. Rutledge was once used to tow log rafts on the Chippewa River during the lumbering era. As the lumber industry prospered, it became more difficult for the ...

In Europe, river cruises are becoming more and more popular among vacationers who want to enjoy the same routes that the explorers and historians before them had traveled. But you don't need to book ...

Two Snake River paddlewheel steamers, the Spokane and the Lewiston, burned to the waterline in Lewiston. The two boats were tied up side-by-side at a dock when a fire broke out at 4 a.m. The cause was ...

The Belle of Louisville, which is docked in Cincinnati for America's River Roots Festival, has a haunting past.

A champion will face off against a first-time contender in a paddlewheel boat race on Saturday in connection with Tuscaloosa’s ongoing bicentennial celebration. The race is a family-friendly event ...

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