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I keep hearing on the radio that we are getting lots of snow, but I can’t find it. Lake Superior, however, rarely disappoints. Throw in some rocks and a lighthouse, and you can get a nice picture

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The tug Nels J. assisted the BBC Oregon to the dock at the CHS grain terminal in Superior early this morning, April 29, 2011. Steve Sydow, the ship’s agent, was waiting for her and took this picture. The ship brought wind turbine parts from Denmark on Sunday; she is at CHS today loading grain and will likely depart early this evening.

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The Snowless blizzard

March 31, 2011 · 7 comments

Take a look at our latest variation in weather in Duluth; always something different.

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It will be remembered for a long time. With 22 inches of snow falling, helped along by winds over 50 mph and topped off with freezing rain, the day was one to remember, even if all the relatives didn’t make it to dinner. Ships were not moving in the harbor and only a few hearty souls made it down to Canal Park to get some pictures.

One cold soul had an advantage; Steve Sola lives on Park Point and owns the lighthouse next to the Aerial Bridge, providing a nice vantage point to watch the action. He was also in a good position to follow one of those big waves that enter the ship canal quickly and branch out over the top of the wall. We stitched 3 of those pictures together (above) as he shot the same wave at 3 different points along its journey through the ship canal.

But with wind gusts over 50 mph, moving his camera through the lighthouse door at the top was worse than swimming upstream in a heavy current. After two hours of moving out, snapping a picture and retreating quickly to the ‘warmth’ inside his lighthouse, he was able to get some nice pictures of his neighboring lighthouses.

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Lots of ice, lots of boats

April 2, 2009

Thursday April 2: The Walter J. McCarthy Jr., the Edwin H. Gott and the Edward L. Ryerson were set to depart on Wednesday evening. If they did not make it, they will probably try today.  The Lee A. Tregurtha made it to Two Harbors last night, the Gott should be there some time today. Both [...]

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No boats, little sun, not much snow and the only ice

March 22, 2009

On Sunday, March 22, 2009, the wind was blowing at 32 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. No boats, little sun, not much snow and the only ice to be seen was along the shore fronting the lineup of hotels in Canal Park, that the result of the stiff wind from the east. The [...]

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Mesabi Miner in dense fog

May 25, 2007

Today is another big day for coal. The Canadian flagged John B. Aird should have arrived last night and may have already departed by the time the sun is up. About that time, the Indiana Harbor is due to arrive to take its place at Midwest Energy Resources in Superior. The Mesabi Miner is expected [...]

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Munson framed by Aerial Lift Bridge

March 31, 2007

The John G. Munson has a new paint job but it has been hard to see the boat up close. On Thursday evening, it moved over to the CN Dock to load taconite. Friday morning, the boat departed the Duluth CN Dock and went under the Lift Bridge, presumably to go to the Two Harbors [...]

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Miner takes extra long time under bridge

March 26, 2007

The Soo Locks opened at 12:01 on Sunday morning, but due to a heavy fog, not much traffic moved. The Canadian Transport and the H. Lee White, with some help from the Mackinaw, did start for Duluth shortly after the locks opened. (The fog was mostly on the other side of the Locks, causing the [...]

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Blough and others going back to work

March 22, 2007

Today is the day the rest of the fleet joins the Mesabi Miner hauling cargo in and out of the Twin Ports. The Miner came back from Taconite Harbor last night, entering the harbor very slowly due to the heavy fog. With a tug assist to clear the dock in front of the Murphy Fuel [...]

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Kaye E. has visibility problem

December 9, 2006

It is another big day for coal at Midwest Energy Resources in Superior. And of course, at the end of the season, sometime in January, we will be able to say it was another big year for coal in the Twin Ports. The Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. came in last night around 6 pm to [...]

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Canadian Enterprise arriving Duluth

October 31, 2006

The Gales of November came a little early on Monday. As anyone who was close by Lake Superior yesterday knows, there was a big blow on the lake, as a crew member on the J.A.W. Iglehart described it to me on Sunday evening. Gusts up to 40 mph were reached, all from the east. Today, [...]

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Iglehart approaching Aerial Lift Bridge

October 30, 2006

It will be another busy day today at the Midwest Energy coal dock in Superior. Five boats are scheduled to arrive in port today to load coal. Some of those boats may slow down out in the Lake while others may drop anchor off the Duluth piers. The J.A.W. Iglehart will be coming here to [...]

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Tatjana in icy fog

October 14, 2006

The Tatjana will be here today to load steel coils at the Port Terminal. Built in 2000 and only 424 feet long, it is making its second visit to the Twin Ports. The first was last December (above) when it loaded grain. With one exception, the ship has always been called Tatjana. For a period [...]

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Canadian Provider in Twin Ports harbor

October 13, 2006

After waiting at the anchorage for a few hours to allow high winds to subside a bit, the Canadian Provider came into port on Wednesday evening at 6:30. It went over to the Peavey elevator in Superior to begin loading grain on Thursday morning. It is a steam powered boat built in 1963 as the [...]

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Kroonborg under the Aerial Lift Bridge

September 19, 2006

The Dutch flagged Kroonborg was expected here very early this morning. It will be loading beet pulp pellets and may complete and depart the port by this evening. The Kroonborg is 428 feet long and was built in 1995. This is only the 4th trip here for the ship, the first since 2001. Yesterday, the [...]

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Fun in front of Orsula

September 5, 2006

The Orsula is a grain boat with a flag and a crew from Croatia, but on Monday afternoon, it provided a fitting background for a last day of summer plunges into Lake Superior. Like the rest of us, the Orsula goes back to work today. It is set to come in early this morning to [...]

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