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In Europe, riverboats from many companies sail the Rhine, Danube, Douro, Seine, and Volga Rivers.
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Kathy Boardman, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
The boat hosted weddings, school trips and thousands of passengers each season, and local residents had rallied around efforts to save it, highlighting the role of riverboats in connecting communities and preserving local history.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And one writer even got to stay on that beat for another half year after that pair of riverboats set sail on June 17, 1993.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Owned by Abercrombie & Kent, a pioneer of luxury safaris since 1962, the company expanded into accommodations just before the turn of the century with Olonana in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and has since also operated boutique riverboats, including the new Pure Amazon in Peru that debuted this past summer.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
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Kathy Boardman, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
The boat hosted weddings, school trips and thousands of passengers each season, and local residents had rallied around efforts to save it, highlighting the role of riverboats in connecting communities and preserving local history.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And one writer even got to stay on that beat for another half year after that pair of riverboats set sail on June 17, 1993.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Owned by Abercrombie & Kent, a pioneer of luxury safaris since 1962, the company expanded into accommodations just before the turn of the century with Olonana in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and has since also operated boutique riverboats, including the new Pure Amazon in Peru that debuted this past summer.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverboat. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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riverboat
noun
riv·er·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat used (as for carrying passengers or freight) on a river
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