LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — There is no practical reason to deliver mail here with a 75-foot, twin-propeller tour boat powered with twin diesel Caterpillar engines.

On Tuesday, June 11, the Lake Geneva Cruise Line will hold their annual tryout to choose this year’s mail delivery jumpers aboard the U.S. Mailboat Walworth.

The U.S. Mailboat Walworth delivers mail on Geneva Lake in Lake Geneva from mid-June through mid-September, and a handful of teens tried out for a highly-coveted role on board.

Lake Geneva Cruise Line only keeps six jumpers for the season. What makes today unique and extra special the Lake Geneva Cruise Line is celebrating 100 years of delivering mail around the lake.

The iconic mail boat tour, Lake Geneva, Wi., posted the best passenger season ever, stamping out all other records since the tours began 99 years ago.

When you think of occupational hazards that go along with delivering mail, inclement weather and aggressive dogs come to mind. Falling in a lake? Not so much. But that’s what happens when so-… ...

The Geneva Lake Cruise Line, a division of Gage Marine Corp., docks its boats at the Riviera Docks, located a block south of the main downtown intersection of Broad and Main Streets.

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) - There is no practical reason to deliver mail here with a 75-foot, twin-propeller tour boat powered with twin diesel Caterpillar engines.