Explore: Excursion Boats

they came a day early, there was little fanfare when original Grand Excursion boats arrived in Minnesota (then Minnesota Territory). St. Paul Mayor Randy

by large barges and most tour boats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the

as excursion boats, floating restaurants, and casinos; these include replica vessels, and are often diesel powered. Small pedal-powered paddle boats are

pronunciation: [bato muʃ]) are open, long, and often glass-covered excursion boats that provide visitors to Paris with a view of the center of the city

Ste Claire and the Steamer Columbia excursion boats that could hold about 2,500 passengers each. The "Boblo Boats" were sold in November 1991. Other smaller

Quad Cities Riverfront," this boat normally serves the Quad Cities region as a passenger excursion boat. Originally, the boat was named the Mississippi Belle

The La Crosse Queen is the name of seven different sightseeing and excursion boats that have operated out of La Crosse, Wisconsin's Riverside Park. The

Orleans. Streckfus Steamers expanded the number of excursion boats, acquired or converted larger boats, and hired more bands. After the death of the patriarch

steam-powered sidewheel ferry in 1907, SS Albatross, and converted in 1940 an excursion boat, then to diesel power in 1973. She operated on the Mississippi River

name, she was employed as a passenger boat cruising along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as both an excursion boat and tramp steamer. Island Queen was