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SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — The sky over Conneaut Lake Park was dark Sunday afternoon — darker than organizers of the 2023 Fall Pumpkin Fest might have liked.

The barge-turned-gift-shop next to the Tanana Chief Sternwheeler didn’t exactly sink. When the Chena River was low, it became frozen to the river bed. When breakup came, and the water rose, the Chena River swallowed it. “This was a unique year, and the water just came over everything,” said Craig Ketzler, president of Greatland River Tours. “It melted fast.” A recovery effort is in progress, but the Tanana Chief is expected to be closed to river tours for a second summer. Last summer, they were closed due to Covid-19. Ketzler arrived from California, where he wa...