Mark Wilcox/Daily Mining Gazette The luxury cruise ship Victory II, docked at the Houghton Pier Wednesday morning. the 286 luxury liner is currently on a Lake Superior cruise, which includes stops in Marquette, Duluth and Thunder Bay in addition to Houghton.

HOUGHTON — Almost one year to the day that the luxury liner visited Houghton in 2025, the Great Lakes cruise Ship Victory II returned Wednesday.

The 286 ft. luxury liner left Chicago for a Great Lakes cruise earlier in the week. The ship, with a capacity for 190 guests and a crew of 80 spent some time in Houghton. The Victory II stopped in Marquette Tuesday and was expected to continue along the Lake Superior shoreline making stops at Duluth MN and Thunder Bay Ont. If the ship adheres to last year’s schedule, she will return to Houghton later this summer.

According to Victory Cruise Line’s website, the ship was constructed in 2001 and refurbished in 2024. Her port of registry is Nassau, Bahamas.

Victory II is one of two Great Lakes cruise ships in Victory’s fleet with, obviously, equal to Victory I.

Victory offers all-inclusive coastal cruising along all five Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Canadian Maritimes.