[Magdalen] Duluth & the North Shore

[ROGER STOKES]

I read at the Maritime Museum about the creation of the canal while there were legal moves to stop it.  By the time the court order arrived it was too late as the canal already existed,nature having amplified the effect of human effort in digging a channel in the sandbar.  I understand that there are still two approaches to the docks - Duluth and Superior - hence the name of the twin ports.

Roger
 

    On Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 3:24, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
 

 

In a message dated 4/26/2016 7:26:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:

When it closed I braved the wind to stand by the canal as a ship was due  
in.  This meant I saw the aerial bridge raised as it approached and then  
made its way down the canal before turning towards its dock.
Tomorrow I  head to Marquette but may take a trip up into the Bayfield  
peninsula.
Roger>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Much of your trip through Minnesota, Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan
is through the southerly portion of the boreal forest = Taiga where  there
is a predominance of conifers.  Angiosperms do exist (such as  aspens
and birch) but they are not dominant.  This conifer forest includes  several
species of pine, larch,  and of spruce, but the most characteristic  tree is
the sharp cone-shaped Balsam Fir.  The UP, in particular, has some  very
large Eastern White Pines.
 
As much fun as the Duluth Aerial Bridge is, the Duluth entry into the
harbor is an artificial one.  The natural outlet is some miles to the  east 
at
the Superior Entry.  If you head out to the Bayfield area, you'll  drive 
right by the remnants of the Great Northern Iron Ore Docks in the  eastern
(Allouez) part of Superior, Wisconsin.  They were the largest in the  world,
and it would have been difficult for the USA to develop its role as  "The
Arsenal of Democracy" during WW-2 without them.
 
Best wishes on your trip.
 
 
David Strang.