: an airplane designed to take off from and land on the water
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The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Mar. 2026
When To Go and How To Get There The 100-acre island is only accessible by boat, seaplane, or helicopter.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Beginning in 2016, the company initially proposed a design in which the wings and fuselage are integrated into a single lifting surface as a way of improving the payload of cargo seaplanes without going down the increasingly unpopular jumbo route.
—David Szondy
february 10, New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
Back in the days of seaplanes and propeller flights, travelers waited out bad weather for hours, cold and damp.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Mar. 2026
When To Go and How To Get There The 100-acre island is only accessible by boat, seaplane, or helicopter.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Beginning in 2016, the company initially proposed a design in which the wings and fuselage are integrated into a single lifting surface as a way of improving the payload of cargo seaplanes without going down the increasingly unpopular jumbo route.
—David Szondy
february 10, New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
Back in the days of seaplanes and propeller flights, travelers waited out bad weather for hours, cold and damp.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaplane. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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seaplane
noun
sea·plane
ˈsē-ˌplān 
: an airplane designed to take off from and land on the water
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