Anson Northrup was a 100 hp sternwheel riverboat named for her captain who navigated the Red River of the North to Fort Garry on 10 June 1859.[1]
The new Anson Northrup is a riverboat that normally offers tours in the Twin Cities area on the Mississippi River. The boat was built in Louisiana and is operated by the Padelford Packet Boat Company. In 2004, the boat participated in the Grand Excursion, which ran from the Quad Cities of Iowa to the Twin Cities.