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, ...

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The long-lost paddle wheels from a steamboat shipwreck in 1819 were discovered deep in the waters of Lake Champlain in Vermont. Avocational diver Gary Lefebvre and his wife Ellen of Colchester, ...

On first sight, the American Duchess charmed me with her white, wedding-cake exterior adorned with gingerbread trim. The big, red paddle wheel on the back paid tribute to her steamboat lineage, a ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — When Dan Brabec first rolled into Steamboat Springs in the 1990s it seemed that everyone had a Wave Sport kayak on their car or in their garage. As a Wave Sport-sponsored ...

Look at the photo of the FRANCIS J TORRANCE going through the open swing span of the Historic Harmar Bridge in 1900 at ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Empress of the North does not have a casino, a spa or a disco. There's no movie theater, and you definitely won't find Lido buffet lines, either. In fact, this 235-passenger ...

In the mid-19th century, Capt. Thomas P. Leathers was the most accomplished steamboat operator the Mississippi ever saw. He built and ran eight versions of his famous Natchez paddle wheeler, and he ...

SAN ANGELO — The Tule Princess Steamboat came out of Lake Nasworthy for the first time in six years for repairs and a new paint job. On Thursday, July 2, 2020, the steamboat came out of the lake to ...

The American Queen is scheduled for a stop Wednesday in Davenport, and the hope is that the grand lady of the Mississippi River will have its paddlewheel reattached and in working order. When the ...

Two Belles and a Duchess will battle for bragging rights next month when the Great Steamboat Race takes place in Louisville, Ky., during the Kentucky Derby Festival. The two-week annual festival with ...