QUEEN OF THE WEST
In 1995, the year of her launch, the Queen of the West reintroducing the tradition of sternwheelers
to the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers. At the time, the Queen of the West was the first
paddle wheeler to sail the Columbia River in 85 years.
Cruise Experience
With only 120 passengersthe boat feels like home from the very
beginning of the cruise. The Queen of the West has elevator handicap access
to all levels and accessible public restrooms.
The boat is propelled by her three-story-high churning paddlewheel,
powered by a hydraulic propulsion system.
more information
at rivers-rails.com
• Facts & Details
• Schedule 2006
• Schedule 2007 on other websites • American Cruise Lines
• Steamboats.org
• Schedule 2006
• Schedule 2007 on other websites • American Cruise Lines
• Steamboats.org
History
Built in 1995 for the American West Steamboat Company, the Queen of the
West is designed to hull dimensions and paddlewheel configuration of
the sternwheeler Portland, which was built in 1947 at Nichols Marine
Iron Works, Portland, Oregon. The steam whistles come from an unknown
steamer of the 1800s. The helm wheel was the original early-1900s wheel
from the Seattle fireboat Duwamish. From 2006 to 2009 she was part of the
Majestic America Line fleet. In 2009 American West Cruise Lines bought the
Queen of the West and will bring her back as a crusie ship in Summer 2010.