The boat, yet to be constructed, has been dubbed the Marquette and will be the first residential boat to cruise U.S. rivers full time. Plans call for 170 condominiums to be built on the steel river-barge hull, housing a community of 350 people who will stop at northern ports in the summer, with southern and Gulf Coast ports in the winter.
Nelson is the founder of River Cities, a St. Paul-based development company looking to build the world's largest inland passenger ship - which plans to float 10,700 miles of the Mississippi River and its navigational tributaries. He plans to bring the "floating community" to Stillwater in 2010.
"I'm a big dreamer. I'm really a pretty persistent person," Nelson said of creating the $94 million residential boat. "I think it's fair to say no one's built a boat like this on inland water."
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http://www.stillwatergazette.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/news500.txt
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