The Duluth shipping season will end within the next seven days. The harbor is now ice covered, and freighters would be locked in their winter slumber if not for the ice breaking chores of tugboats! On the birding front, hundreds of ducks are hanging out in the Duluth Ship Canal at the entrance to Lake Superior. If you saw the CSL Assiniboine steaming down upon you the best decision would be to get the heck out of Dodge!
Canadian Steamship Lines Assiniboine Enters the Ship Canal
Goldeneyes Decide it’s Time to Fly!
Earlier, back in the harbor … the Tug North Carolina Breaks Ice for the Assiniboine
Video of the North Carolina Breaking Ice