August 2009

WDSE toured the Clelia II on Saturday while I followed behind. You can see it on Venture North on November 12th at 8 pm

August 31, 2009 · 2 comments

wdse20090829_2186Clelia tour manager Nina Padden gets ready to lead the tour with Videographer Judy Morrissey behind the camera and Writer producer Greg Grell out of sight on the right. judywdse That was not the first time I followed Judy around. Back in April, 1996, I was behind her trying to stay out of the way as she was getting video for the WDSE  award-winning documentary, Working Waterfront: A Harbor Portrait. In the picture at the left, we are approaching the Federal Fraser at anchor off the Duluth piers, ready to go up the gangway so the WDSE crew could record the Fraser coming under the Lift Bridge. I am proud to say that I was able to get in front of Judy going up the gangway and it paid off. I made the final cut, there is at least 3 seconds of me climbing up the gangway. Just below is a picture i took of the ‘rest of you’ way down on the ground from way up in the pilot house of the Federal Fraser (now the Spruceglen).fromfedfraser

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Then and now

August 30, 2009 · 1 comment

sundew20090828_2056 On Friday, August 28th, Commander Beverly Havlik (second from right) stopped by with her mother (center). Beverly commanded the Coast Guard cutter Sundew from June, 2000 until June, 2003. The Sundew is now a museum, located just in front of the William A. Irvin, and is operated by the DECC. Erik Akervik and Tom Kanzier, from the left, are tour guides on the ship. At right, John Clark works on maintaining the ship. They had a lot of questions for Bev; like where can we find the key to this place, what does that thing do, what is this connected to etc etc. She had a good answer for all questions.

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Clelia II arrives Duluth early Saturday morning, August 29, 2009.

August 29, 2009 · 0 comments

clelia20090829_1964 After waiting for the Cason J. Callaway to depart under the Lift Bridge, the cruise ship Clelia II arrived for the 5th of 6 trips she will make to the Twin Ports. The Marinus Green can be see at anchor off the Duluth piers to the left of the ship.

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The Kaministiqua, formerly the Voyageur Pioneer, formerly the Lady Hamilton.

August 25, 2009 · 4 comments

ladyhamkamisvoypioneercollage The Kaministiqua  came under the Lift Bridge on Sunday evening, August 23rd, 2009, to load grain. She left port on Tuesday, August 25th (right). She started life as the Saskatchewan Pioneer in 1982 when she was launched in Glasgow. She was built for salt water and Great Lakes work, allowing the ship to work the oceans during the two months of winter when the Great Lakes are closed. The first ocean trip (after the initial trip from Scotland) left Duluth on November 14, 1983 for France. She visited Duluth many times after that as the Lady Hamilton (center). From 2006 to 2008, she was the Voyageur Pioneer (upper left). In 2008, she was sold again and visited Duluth in September of that year as the Kaministiqua. Larger version

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Charles M. Beeghly came to Duluth on Saturday, August 22, 2009

August 23, 2009
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The Isadora waits and waits ……..

August 22, 2009

 Katie Van Der Linden from the Maritime Museum in Canal Park took this picture of the Isadora while she was at anchor off the Duluth piers on August 22, 2009. She is a Polish ship, owned by the Polish Steamship Company in Szczecin, Poland. She is waiting for her dock at CHS in Superior. Built [...]

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The Atlantic Erie comes in for coal.

August 22, 2009

On Saturday morning, August 22, 2009, the Atlantic Erie moved between the Duluth piers on her way to Midwest Energy Resources in Superior to load coal for Nova Scotia Power in Sydney, Nova Scotia

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Beeghly makes it to Duluth for first trip this season.

August 21, 2009

The Charles M. Beeghly arrived under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge last night (Thursday, August 20, 2009) at 11:22 on her first trip of the season to the Twin Ports, and her first here since she was repowered last winter at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Two big 6-cylinder diesel engines replace her old steam powered means [...]

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Train going south

August 15, 2009

I have just realized it is a lot easier to take pictures of ships than of trains. I can easily get a ship in one shot, and they go slower. Still, that second car says Amtrak on it. I invite my train buff friends to add a comment here telling us about these cars. They [...]

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Not lost in the crowd

August 14, 2009

The Indiana Harbor had just cleared the Duluth ship canal on Friday afternoon, August 14th, 2009 and people were wondering what this other boat was bobbing in the water. That little boat, lower right  was captained by Jim Robinson. He left Bayport, Minnesota on September 9th, 2008 and took the long way to Duluth in [...]

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What do you do on a hot day in Duluth?

August 12, 2009

With the temperature in the high 80’s for the first time this summer, the Duluth Shipping News figured it was a good time to find some college students and get the house painted. Happily, Andrea, Jordan and Keri were in the neighborhood and agreed to do it. Andrea (left) and Keri (right) are students at [...]

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American Mariner plus one arrive Duluth on Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009

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Bayfront Blues Festival August 7-9, 2009

August 7, 2009

Lamont Cranston Coco Montoya Sugar Blue Deb Callahan The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue — Magic Dick, Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart and Bernard Allison

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Bayfront Blues Festival, Duluth Minnesota Aug 7, 8, 9, 2009

August 7, 2009

 For more pictures of the 2009 Bayfront Blues Festival by the Duluth Shipping News

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What a great year for boats in the Twin Ports!

August 4, 2009

At last, a good day for boatwatching (picture taken at 7:30 am on August 4, 2009). The Canadian Navigator (left) is sitting at the inside anchorage, the Joseph L. Block (center) is departing after discharging a cargo of limestone at the CN dock  and the H. Lee White (right) is at the Port Terminal Dock. [...]

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Icebreaker returns to Duluth in July

August 2, 2009

It wasn’t quite so bad that July was a record cold month in Duluth, and it wasn’t so bad that the temperature today on August 2nd is 55 degrees F. But the ICEBREAKING Coast Guard cutter Alder came home from her annual summer ‘vacation’ on Lake Erie this morning a little early. Do they know [...]

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Coal out; passengers in and out

August 1, 2009

The collage above combines the cruise ship Clelia II with the Paul R. Tregurtha. The Clelia II, seen above after tying up at the DECC, arrived at 5:41 on Saturday morning, August 1st while the Tregurtha departed 2 hours later, at 7:40 (above). The Tregurtha was taking 64,000 tons of coal to Detroit Edison. The [...]

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