Chautauqua Belle steamship

The Chautauqua Belle is a replica (built in 1976) of the kind of steamships that were once common on Chautauqua Lake. Pictured here, it launches from a spot in Jamestown, and travels down the Chadakoin River about 2 miles until it meets the lake at its southern point. I can hear it blow its air horns from my house.

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