''Queen of the West'' is a
stern-driven paddle wheel riverboat originally built in 1995 at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders for the American West Steamboat Company
for overnight river cruising on the
Columbia &
Snake
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Rivers within the United States. She is currently owned and operated by
American Cruise Lines
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. The Queen of the West originally carried up to 167 passengers,
but now carries 120 following her 2011 refurbishment for ACL. The ship has 67 cabins spread over 4 decks.
On August 4, 2015, ACL announced that ''Queen of the West'' would be joined by her 150 passenger sister ship,
''American Pride'', on the Columbia in early 2016.
See also
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Tourist sternwheelers of Oregon
Since the early 1980s, several non-steam engine, steam-powered sternwheel riverboats have been built and operated on major waterways in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia Rivers, as river cruise ship ...
References
External links
Mississippi Riverboat Cruises: Back in the Water for 2012from
Frommer's
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Official website
1995 ships
Cruise ships of the United States
Ships built in Washington (state)
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