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The sternwheeler M.V. Columbia Gorge, built in 1983, was one of the first replica steamboats built for tourism purposes in Oregon. Since the early 1980s, several non-steam-powered sternwheel riverboats have been built and operated on major waterways in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, as river cruise ships used for tourism.
River cruise ships with accommodation facilities offer longer cruises. According to Douglas Ward, "A river cruise represents life in the slow lane, sailing along at a gentle pace, soaking up the scenery, with plentiful opportunities to explore riverside towns and cities en route. It is a supremely calming experience, an antidote to the pressures of life in a fast-paced wor
Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001968: Viking Baldur: 2013: 135.0 m (443 ft) 190: Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001969 : Viking Bestla: 2014: 135.0 m (443 ft) 190: Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001988 : Viking Beyla: 2015: 109.90 m (361 ft) 98: Viking River Cruises: Basel: ENI ...
The Columbia River Maritime Museum is a museum of maritime history in the northwest United States, located about ten miles (16 km) southeast of the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. It has a national reputation for the quality of its exhibits and the scope of its collections and was the first museum in Oregon to meet national ...
The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
Portland (or the Portland) is a sternwheel steamboat built in 1947 for the Port of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. [7]The Portland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and presently hosts the Oregon Maritime Museum which owns the vessel.
White Sand Creek (meets the Lochsa near Powell Junction) Selway River (meets the Lochsa at Lowell) Meadow Creek; Moose Creek. North Fork Moose Creek; East Fork Moose Creek; Bear Creek; White Cap Creek; Little Clearwater River; South Fork Clearwater River. Cottonwood Creek; Crooked River; American River; Red River; Salmon River. Fourth of July ...
Cooper's Ferry is an archaeological site along the lower Salmon River near the confluence with Rock Creek in the western part of the U.S. state of Idaho, and part of the Lower Salmon River Archeological District. It is 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the town of Cottonwood and 63 kilometres (39 mi) upstream from the Snake River.