Shipping
First Saltie Arrives in Twin Ports
By Konnie LeMay I Lake Superior MagazineApril 15, 2022
First Saltie: The official first saltie – the Resko – arrived under the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth on Wed., April 13, logging in at 6:32;34 p.m.,...
Postcard from the Opening of Navigation Season
Paul LundgrenApril 15, 2022
This undated postcard shows a freighter entering the Duluth Shipping Canal at some point in the early 1900s. The caption on the back of the card reads: Opening of...
Around the Circle This Week: March 31, 2022
Konnie LeMayMarch 31, 2022
Homecoming: After almost three months away from their families, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar (WLB-206) arrived in Duluth around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday...
USCG cutter Spar arrives to its new home port
By Konnie LeMayMarch 30, 2022
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar (WLB-206) arrived in Duluth around 9:30 a.m. March 30 during substantial wet snowfall. The 225-foot Juniper class buoy tender will...
Around the Circle This Week: March 24, 2022
Konnie LeMayMarch 24, 2022
One More Day: One minute after midnight on Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Poe Lock in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and officially open the 2022 Great...
Around the Circle This Week: March 17, 2022
Konnie LeMayMarch 17, 2022
Light Speed: The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar, newly assigned to Duluth, is working its way toward the St. Lawrence Seaway system … and if the speed on this timelapse...
Around the Circle This Week: March 10, 2022
Konnie LeMayMarch 10, 2022
Transitions: There have been notable comings and goings and up-for-sales recently. The only remaining fleet based on Lake Superior – Great Lakes Fleet – has been put...
Around the Circle This Week: March 4, 2022
Konnie LeMayMarch 4, 2022
Long Way Down, Long Time Back: After 130 years, the resting place of the lost wreck of the Atlanta was revealed this week by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society...
Around the Circle This Week: February 25, 2022
Konnie LeMayFebruary 25, 2022
Looks at Locks: During this National Engineers Week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District highlighted two Lake Superior projects – the New Lock for the...
Around the Circle This Week: February 18, 2022
Konnie LeMayFebruary 18, 2022
f Winter Port-al: Thought we start off this week with a glam shot of the Paul R. Tregurtha – longest laker on the Great Lakes at 1,013 feet – wintering at the Duluth...









