The Lady of the Lake, one of Lake Geneva Cruise Line’s excursion boats, seen docked on Geneva Lake. Part of Williams Bay-based Gage Marine Corp., Lake Geneva Cruise Line operates seasonal tours on Geneva Lake from April to November.
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Bill Gage, president and CEO of Williams Bay-based Gage Marine Corp., driving a Chris-Craft on Geneva Lake. The firm is celebrating its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2023.
Gage Marine Corp. on Geneva Lake, 1 Leichty Dr., Williams Bay, prior to Gage’s launch of its lakeside American casual dining restaurant PIER 290.
Above: The original Lady of the Lake. Left: A Gage Marine mailboat jumper.
Right: Three generations of the Gage Family have headed Williams Bay-based Gage Marine Corp. as president and CEO since the family purchased the former Wisconsin Transportation Co. in 1958. Pictured, from left, are Bill Gage Sr. (1958-2003), Bill Gage Jr. (2003-Present) and Russell Gage (1958-1968), seen aboard Steam Yacht Louise during its 1978 restoration. The 50-passenger vessel has been in service on Geneva Lake since 1902. Through two previous owners, Gage Marine Corp. traces its history back 150 years to the 1873 founding of Lake Geneva Steamboat Line.
Bill Gage, Sr. drives a Gage-Hacker boat on Geneva Lake. From 1961-69, the Gage family launched and operated a classic boat-building business, Gage-Hacker, featuring boats designed by famed naval architect John Hacker.
Gage Marine Corp. President and CEO Bill Gage, Jr. drives a boat on Geneva Lake. Among other marine enterprises, Williams Bay-based Gage Marine, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, sells premium watercraft brands across all lines, including Chris-Craft, Boston Whaler, MasterCraft, Bennington Pontoons and Monterey Boats.
A Gage Marine mailboat jumper.
The old Gage Marine Corp. storefront in Williams Bay.
Gage Marine crews tie down some planks to be hauled off for the installation of the West End Pier.
A large crowd was on hand at the Gage Marine docks for the Miss Lady of the Lake Contest about Belle of the Lake in this undated photo. Carrying passengers seasonally from April-November, Gage Marine’s Lake Geneva Cruise Line today operates the largest fleet of inland lake tour boats in the United States — Lady of the Lake, Grand Belle of Geneva, Walworth, Duchess, Louise, Polaris, Geneva and Lorelei.
A longstanding tradition linking past and present on Geneva Lake is Gage Marine Corporation’s seasonal delivery of the U.S. Mail to lake residents. Gage mail jumpers are seen with the Walworth in this undated photo. The 8.174-square-mile lake encompasses nearly 21 miles of shoreline. The 110-passenger Lake Geneva Cruise Line vessel Walworth serves both passenger cruise and mail delivery functions for Gage Marine Corp.
Seasonal delivery of the U.S. Mail to Geneval Lake residents has been a longstanding tradition for Williams Bay-based Gage Marine Corp. on the 5,401-acre lake, which encompasses nearly 21 miles of shoreline. Serving as a mail jumper aboard Lake Geneva Cruise Line’s U.S. Mailboat Walworth in the undated photo was mail jumper Stephanie Reader, seen delivering the mail to Taffy the Wonderdog.
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