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Cruise Lines in the United States
Information about cruise lines and companies offering
multiple-day cruises in the United States.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut - Sabino Steamboat (Mystic River)
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana - Barbara H. fully operational historic sternwheel towboat offers dockside tours. A National Historic Landmark. Travels between Cincinnati and Louisville, based in Vevay, a project of the Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society. - Dixieboat sternwheeler offers cruises Webster Lake, North Webster (a hundred and thirty-four miles southeast of Chicago). Iowa - Sergeant Floyd a decommissioned, inspection boat of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, is now a museum that welcomes visitors, and serves Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota as a research center. - Pearl Button paddlewheeler gives scenic cruises in Muscatine, thirty miles west of Davenport. Formerly the Andiamo in Minnesota. - Riverboat Twilight sternwheeler offers overnight cruises on the Mississippi River, traveling from Dubuque to Le Claire. Company is based in Scales Mound, Illinois (twenty-five miles east of Dubuque). - Lonestar historic, restored sternwheeler steamboat, a project of the Buffalo Bill Museum, is open to the public, located on the Mississippi River at Le Claire (fourteen miles east of Davenport). - William M. Black restored sidewheeler now serves as a bed and breakfast in Dubuque. A project of the Mississippi River National Museum. See exhibit at this site: click here. - Lilly Belle historic sternwheeler docked at the Mississippi River National Musuem, Dubuque. - Spirit of Dubuque sternwheeler offers cruises on the Mississippi River out of Dubuque. - Casino Boats - this map shows a number of sternwheel casino boats in Iowa. [This page does not necessarily list all casino boats.] - Bertrand this ship sank in 1865, excavation began in 1968, and the artifact collection is housed in a museum located at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, north of Council Bluffs, and just west of Missouri Valley. - Mississippi Explorer Scheduled and charter eco cruises aboard the Mississippi Explorer from the ports of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Lansing, Iowa, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and Galena, Illinois [also see listing under Wisconsin]. Kentucky - Belle of Cincinnati * River Queen * Mark Twain three sternwheelers offer cruises on the Ohio River out of Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. BB Riverboats is based in Newport, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Check the BB Riverboats website for specifics on each boat: Belle of Cincinnati * River Queen * Mark Twain - Belle of Louisville * Riverboat Spirit of Jefferson two sternwheelers offer cruises on the Ohio River, out of Louisville. - USS Nightmare.com America's premier Haunted Steamboat, open mid-September through November 1. The sidewheeler was formerly known as the William S. Mitchell, and had a distinguised career dredging rivers for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1934 to 1986. Located in Newport, across the river from Cincinnati. - Dixie Belle sternwheeler offers cruises along the Kentucky River palisades, a stretch of river with limestone cliffs. Associated with Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg (twenty-five miles southwest of Lexington). - Mike Fink historic sternwheeler offers cruises on the Ohio River, out of Covington. This boat is on the National Historic Register of Buildings and Places. Temporarily closed for renovations. Louisiana - Magnolia Belle sternwheeler offers cruises on Lake Pontchartrain, out of New Orleans. Recently moved from Cape Canaveral; featured in the 1993 film, "The Adventures of Huck Finn." - Steamboat Natchez steam powered sternwheeler launched in 1975 offers cruises out of New Orleans. - Creole Queen sternwheeler offers cruises on the Mississippi River out of New Orleans. - Mississippi Queen - steam powered sternwheeler, currently in corporate limbo, being dismantled in New Orleans, RIP (see recent photo 3/11/2009 click here). Maine - Songo River Queen (Songo River, Naples) Maryland - Lantern Queen sternwheeler offers cruises on the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay, out of Havre de Grace (thirty-five miles northeast of Baltimore). More photos, click here. - The Black-Eyed Susan sternwheeler offers cruises of Northwest Harbor, departing from the Broadway Pier, Fells Point, Baltimore. Formerly known as Henrietta II in Wilmington, North Carolina. - S.T. Baltimore restoration in progress of a historic steam powered tug boat built in 1906. It was sunken from 1979 to 1981, and is currently being restored. - Dorothy & Megan * Choptank River Queen two split wheel sternwheelers offer cruises on the Choptank River, based at the Suicide Bridge Restaurant & Choptank Riverboat Company, in Hurlock (fourteen miles northeast of Cambridge). Massachusetts - Massachusetts Bay Lines(Rowes Wharf, Downtown Boston) Michigan - S.S. Badger North America's last coal-fired steamboat operates on Lake Michigan, out of Ludington. Staterooms avaialable, many trips to choose from. You can bring your car, boat, or RV onboard for an additional fee. - Steamer Ste. Claire This maritime treasure is currently docked at the US Steel dock in Ecorse, Michigan, where the restoration is being performed. She is not open to the public as she is undergoing the most extensive restoration since her build in 1910. The boat will be open soon. (Loud soundtrack at this website.) - Michigan Princess Riverboat sternwheeler offers cruises on the Grand River, based in Lansing. - Detroit Princess Riverboat sternwheeler offers cruises on the Detroit River, including skyline views of Detroit and Windsor. - Bavarian Belle sternwheeler offers cruises, based in Frankenmuth (thirty miles north of Flint). - Genesee Belle sternwheeler offers cruises on Mott Lake, a project of the Genesee County Parks. Minnesota - Steamboat Minnehaha authentic restored steam vessel gives cruises on Lake Minnetonka. - Chester Charles II 1948 flat bottom riverboat offers naturalist narrated tours on Lake Itasca, the source of the Great Mississippi River. - Pearl of the Lake sternwheeler gives cruises on the Mississippi River out of Lake City (seventy miles southeast of Minneapolis). - Breezy Belle sternwheel excursion boat gives cruises on Pelican Lake out of Breezy Point (eighty miles southwest of Grand Rapids). - Jonathan Padleford * Anson Northrup * Minnesota Centennial Show Boat Padleford Riverboats Mississippi River Rides - Minneapolis and St.Paul's Flagship Riverboat Company - Magnolia Blossom out of St. Paul. - Covington Inn Bed and Breakfast sleep over on a lil steamboat, St. Paul. - Minneapolis Queen Departing from Boom Island Park on the Mississippi River, Twin Cities Cruises. - Avalon * Empress * Showboat * Anastasia St. Croix Boat and Packet Company, Stillwater, thirty miles east of Minneapolis. Mississippi - Tunica Queen Riverboat (Mississippi River, Tunica Resorts) Missouri - Lake Queen sternwheeler offers cruises along the shores of Lake Taneycomo, out of Branson. - Steamboat Arabia museum showing the excavation of a sidewheeler that sunk on the Missouri River in 1856. Parts of the boat and its cargo are on display; full-sized replica of main deck and twenty-eight-foot sidewheel. Located in Kansas City. - Showboat Branson Belle split sternwheeler offers cruises on Table Rock Lake, out of Branson. - Mark Twain Riverboat sternwheeler offers cruises on the Mississippi River, out of Hannibal. Nebraska - River City Star (Omaha) Nevada - Edgewater Belle 608-foot replica of a Mississippi Riverboat offers cruises out of the Edgewater and Colorado Belle Hotels (702) 298-4000 1-800-47-RIVER. - Fiesta Queen * Celebration - two mock sidewheelers offer cruises, based at the riverfront in Laughlin. - Colorado Belle a building that looks like a boat in Laughlin. Home of the Edgewater Belle. - Desert Princess sternwheeler offers cruises on Lake Mead (forty miles east of Las Vegas). - M.S. Dixie II * Tahoe Queen two sternwheelers offer cruises on Lake Tahoe, on the boarder of Nevada and California. Also listed under California.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York - Canandaigua Lady sternwheeler offers cruises on Canandaigua Lake, based in Canandaigua (twenty-eight miles south of Rochester). - Chautauqua Belle steam powered sternwheeler offers cruises on Chautauqua Lake, based in Mayville (seventy-three miles southwest of Buffalo). - Mohican * Minne-ha-ha two sternwheelers run by Lake Georges Steamboats offer cruises out of Lake George (sixty miles north of Albany). - Paddlewheel Queen sternwheeler offers cruise out of New York Harbor, Manhattan.
North Carolina
Nebraska
Ohio - BB Riverboats (Cincinnati)
Oklahoma
Oregon - Steam Tug Portland historic steam driven sternwheel tug boat out of Portland Maritime Museum. Click on "exhbits" Str. Portland. - Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler triple decker sternwheeler gives history cruises; board from Marine Park at Cascade Locks, in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. - Newport Belle fully operational sternwheeler is a bed & breakfast on the Oregon coast. (See Nori's photos, click here.) - Willamette Queen sternwheeler offers cruises of the Willamette River, out of Riverfront Park, Salem. Another link for this boat: http://oregonlink.com/riverboat/ See Nori's photos of this boat, click here. - Queen of the West - sternwheeler; operated on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Currently in corporate limbo, docked in Portland. May move to Pendleton to work for Exploration Cruise Lines of Issaquah, Wash. - Columbia Queen excursion boat (no wheel); currently in corporate limbo, docked in Portland. - Steamboat Jean historic steam towboat (no wheel), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was moored on the Snake River in Hells Gate State Park, Lewiston (a hundred miles south of Spokane, Washington). Now it appears that somebody towed this historic vessel to Portland; sadly, it appears she has been gutted and turned into a barge. another photo of Steamboat Jean. Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Belle Formerly known as the Mississippi Belle, docked in Bettendorf, Iowa (five miles east of Davenport). Now at Pier 3, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, and open for cruises. - Pride of the Susquehanna sternwheeler gives public and chartered cruises on the Susquehanna River, out of Harrisburg. The boat is also home to the River School, a floating classroom. - E.L. Thumper sternwheeler on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. - Fulton Steamboat Inn overnight accommodations on a retired sternwheeler in beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Lancaster. - Sternwheeler Barbara J no website found - sternwheeler offers cruises on Conneaut Lake (a hundred miles north of Pittsburgh). Call (814) 382-7433 for information. (Here is a tour company that offers more information.) - Liberty Belle sternwheeler offers cruises on the Delaware River, out of Burlington. - Majestic * The Empress * the Princess * The Duchess * The Countess three sternwheelers, a sidewheeler, and a showboat on a barge pushed by a towboat make up the Gateway Clipper Fleet. These boats offer cruises on the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio Rivers, out of Pittsburgh. City skylines and natural beauty. - Donna Rae sternwheeler out of Pittsburgh. Tennessee - Steamboat American Queen set to begin operations in April 2012 out of Memphis. Will offer cruises to New Orleans, St. Louis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Chattanooga. - Southern Belle sternwheeler offers dinner crusies, chartered cruises, out of Chattanooga. - General Jackson sternwheel showboat offers entertainment and meals while cruising the Cumberland River in Nashville. - Delta Queen National Historic Landmark, passenger sternwheel cruise ship serving as a hotel on the beautiful Chattanooga waterfront. - Chattanooga Star educational field trips for students (operations temporarily suspended). - Island Queen * Memphis Queen II * Memphis Queen III * Memphis Showboat two sternwheelers, an excursion boat, and a showboat offer river cruises on the Mississippi River, out of Memphis. [Webmaster's Note: This website worked best with Firefox.] - Star of Knoxville three hundred passenger split sternwheeler offers cruises on the Tennessee River, out of downtown Knoxville.
Texas
Washington State
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Casino Riverboats
Museum Riverboats
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Captain Meriwether Lewis Riverboat (Brownsville, Nebraska)
Hotel River Boats
Restaurant Riveroats
River Boats Out of Service
River Boat Resources
See also
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