Gananoque Boat Line

Though there are varying stories on the early specifics of the history of the Gananoque Boat Line, it is known that the first tour boat operator in Gananoque was a local mailman who delivered mail to the island residents and took passengers as a sideline to his mail delivery business. In 1951, three local Gananoque men began the Gananoque Boat Line... with the Linda 7; a wooden tour boat, which carried 55 passengers. A few years later they added the Linda 4, the Miss Rockport 2, the Island Wanderer and the Pickle; all wooden, single-decker boats. In the 1960s the Miss Gananoque I and Miss Gananoque II were added to Gananoque Boat Line. In the 1970s Gananoque Boat Line created a ship building yard and began building the very boats we sail on today. The Thousand Islander cost almost $400,000, and was a 110 ft. long, three-deck, 380 passenger vessel. It was the first tourist-carrying all aluminum passenger vessel in North America. Today, Gananoque Boat Line owns five triple-decker vessels ranging in capacity from 380 500 passengers.Read More