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Recent Examples of flatboat
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.
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Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
As many as a quarter of all flatboats wrecked en route to New Orleans.
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Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Monitor Reviewers,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2022
An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River.
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Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2022
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Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
As many as a quarter of all flatboats wrecked en route to New Orleans.
—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
—
Monitor Reviewers,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2022
An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River.
—
Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatboat
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After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
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Is a canoe the most reliable mode of transport for getting to the World Cup in New Jersey?
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Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
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Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
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Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
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Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.
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On high-water days, tourists board a rowboat ferry for the two-minute trip.
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The senator knelt at the edge of the water to warn a raft of seven ducks about an impending threat in their midst.
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The tie-up was announced as Qualcomm unveiled a raft of products aimed at capturing a slice of the runaway spending on AI computing.
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Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
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But nature is the real reason people step on his pontoon.
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What to See and Do Kayaking Rent a kayak for the absolute best views of Pictured Rocks.
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Or, bring or rent your own kayak or paddleboard and get to the island without a seat on the ferry.
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Only paddleboats will be available opening weekend, a park district news release said.
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Stillwater River Boats offers seasonal tours of the St. Croix on an old-fashioned paddleboat, including sightseeing and jazz cruises.
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“Flatboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatboat. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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