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Save the Delta Queen! 
Support our campaign to save the historic steamboat Delta Queen. YOUR action is needed. Please read about the details at the Save the Delta Queen Campaign's website and sign our > online petition. |
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Save the Delta Queen!
Support our campaign to save the historic steamboat Delta Queen. YOUR action is needed. Please read about the details at the Save the Delta Queen Campaign's website and sign our > online petition. |
Madisonville, Louisiana (Lake Ponchatrain)
The Magnolia Belle is a real paddlewheeler, built in Dubuque, Iowa in 1969 by the renowned Dubuque Boat & Boiler Co. She an authentic calliope, and is has a passenger capacity of about 150 guest for excursion day cruises.
Originally named Border Star she even raced the Delta Queen on the Ohio River in 1971. Later she was renamed Bonnie Belle out of Madison, Indiana, then served as Northern Star and later as Arawanna Belle at Toledo, Ohio, then as Cocoa Belle in Cocoa Beach, Florida and since July 2004 as Magnolia Belle out of Madisonville, Louisiana.
Plans are to move her back to the Ohio River, where she will offer cruises out of Paducah, KY.
Steamboats.org recommends ...For bookings on Majestic America Line and Riverbarge cruises, please contact our favorite travel agent, Phyllis Dale. She is a specialized expert for river travel. www.phyllisdale.com phyllisdaletravel @cfl.rr.com Note: Phyllis does not book day excursions. |
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