Previously, the STR Columbia underwent a $1.6 million dollar hull restoration in Toledo, which is only part of the total $18 million project cost (over $3 million has been raised thus far). We offer Buffalo River History Tours, Niagara River Tours and narrated tours inside the grain elevators of Silo City. There will also be an educational component included in the programming at that time. Once complete, the STR Columbia will be used as a passenger vessel along the Hudson River. After the year is over, she will make her way to New York Harbor, where her interior is set to be restored. The vessel will embark upon her journey from Toledo to Buffalo, where she will set up at Marine “A” at Silo City along the Buffalo River for a one year stint. Seeing that the Canadiana is no longer around, Buffalo is extremely fortunate to be welcoming her sister vessel for a spell. Unfortunately, if she could have held out for another decade, I bet that circumstances would have been a lot different. After years of attempting to restore the boat, she was scrapped in 2004. This is an old boat song from the 1800s, sung on the Great Lakes when millions of tons of cereal grain were shipped from the Midwestern prairies, over Lake Erie, to Buffalo, New York. At one point, it was the world’s largest grain port. The Canadiana took passengers from Buffalo to Crystal Beach, Canada, to enjoy the amusement park and the waters of Lake Erie. The next time you eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast, like Cheerios or shredded wheat think of Buffalo. prior meeting, discussed the economic analysis for the BOA, and laid out a set of. The STR Columbia is the sister vessel of the passenger ferry Canadiana, which was a staple along the Buffalo waterfront from 1910 to 1956. parcels include Kelly Island and the City Ship Canal, Silo City. This Wednesday, Buffalo will be welcoming a very special guest to our harbor – the STR Columbia (least remaining excursion steamboat in the US).

Boat outside of silo city buffalo