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The paddlewheeler, Tahoe Queen, is no longer GROUNDED on a sand bar tonight near Tahoe Keys, California in Lake Tahoe, after 296 passengers were rescued yesterday.

According to The Maritime Executive:

At approximately 3:37 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a notification from Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe of a passenger vessel, Tahoe Queen, with approximately 296 passengers that ran aground. Rescue boat crews from Station Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, El Dorado County and Vessel Assist transferred all passengers and non-essential crew from Tahoe Queen to shore at Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe. No injures were reported.

The Tahoe Queen, which can accommodate 312 passengers is the lake’s only authentic Mississippi paddlewheeler. Examination by divers showed that her hull was undamaged, and TV news just announced, as I write this, that the Tahoe Queen is on her way to port under her own power.

-Bill at

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