Steamboat cruises on American and Canadian rivers.

River Steamboat Cruises - luxury travel

River Cruises are unmatched adventures in exquisitely appointed luxury, allowing an intimate connection with the land that no other cruise can equal. The River Cruise tours offer first class accommodations, gourmet dining, and world-class service. The small ship sizes on river cruises enables personal service unrivaled in the cruise industry. The opulence of luxury River Cruise travel harkens to by-gone eras with a pace and flavor long forgotten.

Excellent cruising guide

Cruising Guide from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake: The Heartland Rivers Route

by: Rick Rhodes

Amazon Price: $25.04 (as of 07/11/2009)

Rick Rhodes' book takes you on a cruise of the great rivers with all of the vital information needed to transit them safely. He provides marina names and facts about their facilities that you need on a trip of this nature. We will have it on our chart table when we go for our river trip.

Terrific Read...Even If You Don't Own a Boat

Honey, Let's Get a Boat... A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop

by: Ron Stob, Eva Stob

Amazon Price: $15.64 (as of 07/11/2009)

It's the pulling-no-punches sentiments that make (this book) such a good read and a wealth of information.

Riverboat in Locks, Louisville, Kentucky Art Print

18 in. x 12.5 in.

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Sternwheeler history in BC, Canada

..a personal note: "my great grandfather was a canyon cat and is mentioned in this book"

Sternwheelers and Canyon Cats: Whitewater Freighting on the Upper Fraser

by: Jack Boudreau

Forbidding canyons, raging rapids and menacing rocks--this was the daily challenge that faced whitewater men who worked the wild rivers and creeks to bring freight and supplies to northern BC in the years before the Grand Trunk Railway.

Amazon Price: $14.78 (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $18.95

Books on Rivers

Steamboats on Northwest Rivers: Before the Dams

by: Bill Gulick

Amazon Price: $13.22 (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $16.95

The Western River Steamboat (Studies in Nautical Archaeology, No. 8)

by: Adam I. Kane

Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $19.95

Portraits of the Riverboats

by: William C. Davis

Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $17.98

The Delta Queen DVD

Historic Hotels-The Delta Queen

Produced in cooperation with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and shot entirely on location throughout the US, you'll travel with us as we visit some of the most prestigious and important hotels (regions) in the nation. You're sure to enrich your travel and history knowlege with these great American treasures. The Delta Queen: The legendary Delta Queen has been at home on the Mississippi River system since 1947

Release Date: 05/05/2008

Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $24.95

The Mississippi is not only the greatest river in the United States, but has some of the country's most romantic and interesting cities located along its path. In its early history, flat-bottomed paddle steamers that could navigate the river's shallows were the major form of transport up the center of America, carrying people, produce, and all kinds of materials to inland settlements.

In recent years this hustling, bustling waterway has become quite an attraction, and the most popular form of tourist transportation along the Mississippi today is by replicas of yesteryear's paddle steamers -- large, gaudy, raucous, and fun rather than luxury.

There are three especially famous and recommended Mississippi steamers, The Delta Queen, The American Queen and the Mississippi Queen which offer a host of voyages ranging from 2-12 days and covering the American South. Cabins are large, comfortable and air-conditioned and the owners, rather than trying to make these trips exclusive, endeavor to make these voyages as much fun as possible, covering not only the Mississippi but also, on other voyages, the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Arkansas and Atchafalaya Rivers. Ports of call include New Orleans, Memphis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, St. Paul, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Little Rock, Tulsa and Galveston.

These ships are famous for their entertainment which includes New Orleans Dixieland contemporary jazz, Memphis Blues and St. Louis ragtime with cabarets, vaudeville-style floor shows and dancing to Big Band melodies. The cruise takes you to the gracious America of yesterday, with its big plantation houses and an atmosphere straight out of 'Gone With the Wind.'

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The River Of Dreams: The Hudson Valley in Historic Postcards (Hudson Valley Heritage)

by: George Lankevich

Amazon Price: $22.00 (as of 07/11/2009)
List Price: $22.00

travels upstream from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondacks.

Release Date: 09/01/2006

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