Boat Tour

Bartlett Show Boat Tour Farm Lunch

Boat Tour

 

boat tour dock in Wisconsin Dells on the Wisconsin River

The dells region remained primarily a place for sightseers to escape the bustle of the city for many decades. In 1856, Leroy Gates began taking tourists on boat tours of the Wisconsin Dells. These tours were given using wooden rowboats until 1873 when the first steamboat, the Modocawanda, was used. By 1894, distillate-powered tour boats began to be used. In 1908, the Kilbourn Dam was installed by what is now Alliant Energy, over the protests from people such as H. H. Bennett, separating the Dells into the Upper and Lower Dells.

 

Kilbourn Dam

Since the time of LeRoy Gates, the Dells Boat Tours have gone through many operators. Some of the previous companies were The Riverview Boat Line, The Olson Boat Line (owned by Jack B. Olson), The Dells Boat Company, the Consolidated Boat Company and the Silver Dollar Boat Line.

Text from Wikipedia

Wisconsin River

 

"dalles", which means slabs along the river bank

 

 

 

 

popular tour boat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

father and son

 

dog days out

 

close to an island

 

through the narrows

 

coming out of the island channel

 

the island

 

enjoying the view

 

jet boat

 

 

 

 

stop at Witches Gulch

 

 

 

 

end destination, the snack bar

 

 

 

boat waiting

 

back on the river

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jet boat ready to load

 

retired tour boats

 

 

back at the dock


Bartlett Show Boat Tour Farm Lunch

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