The sternwheel boat racing on the Kanawha is a longstanding tradition dating back to the early 1970s when a son of a prominent river family approached former Charleston Mayor John Hutchinson ...

The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta officially kicked off Thursday morning. The weekend is full of scheduled events, including many returning fan favorites and new events as well. One of those new ...

Sternwheel boat races happened on the Kanawha River as well. Boats began their race towards the State Capital building and finished through the South Side Bridge towards Haddad Riverfront Park.

Salem Fire officials said they launched Rescue Boat 5 at 12:44 a.m. Chesbrough arrived at the dock by 2 a.m. to see the rescue boat towing in the Willamette Queen.

The 2025 Charleston Sternwheel Regatta is nearly here, and this year’s celebration is shining a little brighter thanks to the 2025 Regatta Royal Court. Four pageant queens joined us to share their ...

Camden, circa 1915: One of best-known sternwheeler boats, America, was launched in 1898. It was 200 feet in length and built at a cost of $30,000. For many years the boat hauled cotton on the ...

The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta is a nearly week-long event with carnival rides, food vendors, summer concerts and the Sternwheel Boat Races.

The Sternwheel Boat Race took place on the Kanawha River during July 2. The race included another matchup in the long, historic rivalry between the sternwheelers, P. A. Denny and ...

The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta kicked off at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, WV on July 3, 2024. Sternwheeler boat captains and regatta enthusiasts from will take in all that Charleston ...

Each year, hundreds of brave swimmers board a sternwheeler boat in the Columbia River Gorge to swim from the Washington side of the river to a finish line in Oregon. It’s an 80-year-tradition ...