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Swan Boats Return To Boston Public Garden

April 13, 2019

Saturday, April 13 is day one of the 143^rd Swan Boats season on the lagoon of Boston Public Garden.

The Paget family has been operating the Swan Boats, wooden paddle boats with a fiberglass swan in the bow, since 1877. The approximately 10-minute ride circumnavigates the two islands in the lagoon.

The Swan Boats are commonly associated with Robert McCluskey’s 1941 children’s book Make Way for Ducklings, about a mother duck and father duck looking for a place to raise their ducklings.

The Swan Boats operated daily through Labor Day, weather permitting.

Tickets are $4 for adults, $3.50 for senior citizens, $2.50 for children ages 2 to 15, and free for children under 2.