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  2. 19 Destinations Where Houseboat Rentals Beat the Beach - AOL

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    Houseboats are free to cruise Crane Lake, Lake Kabetogama, Lake Namakan, and Kettle Falls. Boaters often spot deer, moose, otters, bald eagles, black bears, and white pelicans. Where to rent: Ebel ...

  3. Latsch Island - Wikipedia

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    The self describer "river rat" is used by the community to refer to anyone on the Mississippi River who partakes in their houseboat lifestyle. [13] [6] The river rats prefer to use the term "boathouse" rather than "houseboat" for a number of reasons; one reason is due to the legal restraints placed on the use of "houseboats" in the area ...

  4. Padelford Riverboats - Wikipedia

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    Padelford Riverboats, established in 1969, is the sole provider of river boat cruises within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in the Twin Cities of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Padelford boats cruise on the Mississippi River and celebrate the history of the region. The Padelford Riverboat Company is based at Harriet Island in ...

  5. Great Loop - Wikipedia

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    There is no single route or itinerary to complete the loop. To avoid winter ice and summer hurricanes, boaters generally traverse the Great Lakes and Canadian waterways in summer, travel down the Mississippi or the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway in fall, cross the Gulf of Mexico and Florida in the winter, and travel up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the spring.

  6. Fontana Lake - Wikipedia

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    When the lake is at the normal summer level, a boat may be used to access remote trailheads such as Hazel Creek. From the observation tower on Kuwohi, on a clear day the lake can be seen nearly a mile below. While the maximum controlled elevation of the lake (top of dam gates) is 1,710 ft (520 m), the normal Summer surface elevation is 1,703 ft ...

  7. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Launched in 1814 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, for the Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company, she was a dramatic departure from Fulton's boats. [1] The Enterprise - featuring a high-pressure steam engine, a single stern paddle wheel, and shoal draft - proved to be better suited for use on the Mississippi compared to Fulton's boats.

  8. List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    I-55, Mississippi River Trail, US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79: 1949 ... Greenville and Lake Village: 1940 Greenville Bridge: US 82 / US ...

  9. Raspberry Island (Minnesota) - Wikipedia

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    Raspberry Island (formerly called Navy Island) is located in the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Buildings for the Minnesota Boat Club have sat upon the island since 1885; the Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse structure was built in 1910.