Edmonton Riverboat

[MCXavierL]

I cannot wait for the riverboat to set sail again! Maybe this summer?

Probably 2023-2024 I'd guess:

Permit Description

To continue to operate a Special Event as a repair site to the Edmonton Riverboat within Whitemud Park, reference #365048735-002 (expire on June 30, 2023).

Address

13204 - FOX DRIVE NW

Status

In Progress

 

[northlands]

Probably 2023-2024 I'd guess:

Permit Description

To continue to operate a Special Event as a repair site to the Edmonton Riverboat within Whitemud Park, reference #365048735-002 (expire on June 30, 2023).

Address

13204 - FOX DRIVE NW

Status

In Progress

That’s a bummer. I was just yesterday trying to explain the River Queen to my better half from BC, who had never heard of it, and thought it was extremely comical.

 

[archited]

^^^^ I think that it has its genesis from the passenger gambling boats that ply the Mississippi. I don't suspect that there is any deep meaning in the name short of that.

 

[Airboy]

I cannot wait for the riverboat to set sail again! Maybe this summer?

Crew out again at the landing punching holes in the ice. Maybe prepping to the landing Bollards.

 

[Airboy]

Probably 2023-2024 I'd guess:

Permit Description

To continue to operate a Special Event as a repair site to the Edmonton Riverboat within Whitemud Park, reference #365048735-002 (expire on June 30, 2023).

Address

13204 - FOX DRIVE NW

Status

In Progress

This is the repair to the landing site at Whitemud. They have a lot of remediation to do this year.

 

[Airboy]

Appears to be a large pile driver being assembled for the Edmonton Riverboat landing.

 

[IanO]

Additional upstream protection as well or just repairs?

 

[Airboy]

Additional upstream protection as well or just repairs?

Looks like they are adding to the loading ramp area. Doesn't look like any upstream additions

 

[Airboy]

 

[Airboy]

And one more

 

[northlands]

Thanks for the photos!! That looks brilliant to watch. I may go pop by in the nice weather tomorrow and watch from the bridge

 

[Kaizen]

^ It was a nice day for sure, did you get to the bridge @nv96?
I lucked out and was in the area so stopped by for a walk & a few more shots today of the work started for the Riverboat moorings @Airboy was discussing in the miscellaneous thread (moved here). I sure hope she will be paddling downstream back to homeport this summer ready for more revellers and romantics out for a river cruise.
There must be something that can be done to safeguard the ship when in storage from the mighty Saskatchewan, how did they manage 100 or so years ago?

 

[Airboy]

good timing on the pilings. the water has risen a bit and those are now in the water.

 

[Gronk!]

How much further until completed?

 

[CaptainBL]

This area and boat always remind me of a very popular Nordic type spa I used to go to in Montreal called Bota Bota. Their story is in the link below but they turned an old ferry and port area into a very popular restaurant and Nordic spa.

I would love to see something similar there with this boat if it ever stopped sailing.

https://botabota.ca/en/hublot/bota-b...-3-adventures/