That is a million-dollar view!

Lived in Little Current for 4 years crossed the bridge many times and underneath it several times also it has served the island very well however its time for a new one.

Funny this came up, 4 days ago it broke an took over an hour for them to get it working again 😂

Mixed feelings about that Doug. It is a beautiful place being wrecked by drive ins who care nothing for the place. You can canoe or kayak to it

It was nice to see this from both water level and in the air! Thanks very much for the shoutout in the description, too! 😎

i have a lot of memories of this bridge ... none of them good. I was involved in the commissioning of the control system. Some of this was done over a phone line, when I was on vacation, from my hotel room in Florida. Best wishes in getting an alternate to the old girl.

you have served well iron bridge. its time to come home. and be replaced with something new and better!

it needs to stay

would be cool if the flood light was red wonder if I could modify it

I cycle on the Island 5 or 6 times a year. Building a 2 lane swing bridge is the best idea. It pays homage to the current bridge and it resolves the biggest problem: the single lane. Opening for 15 minutes every hour isn't the problem (and it's almost never that long), the problem is waiting at the lights for your side's turn to go across. There's a huge lineup in the summer months.

Cool story Brother!

At 110 years old I think we got good value from the existing bridge. However the way budgeting and highway construction projects seem to be progressing slowly, especially in the North, I doubt we will driving any new bridge to LC in the next ten or even twenty years.

Love the trailer... something I ought to do for my channel someday. On the back of my mind.. just havent rocked it out.

Great information and beautiful drone footage. Thanks for sharing Doug!

In the US we do fixed spans

Bridges are cool. The engineering that goes into them is amazing.

Great subject. I remember as a child first seeing it in action, I was mesmerized. Looking forward to its future. 👍

looks like a good time on the water, lots of great views thanks for sharing

Crossed that bridge thousands of times.

Headline implies there will soon be no access to the island. Not true, just clickbait

I remember coming upon this to get to the Ferry in about 2006. It was pretty near.

Interesting little geography lesson when following on google earth...

I love the view of the bridge from the waterfront. Seems a shame to remove it.

Excellent video

Nicely done, thanks!

The swing bridge at Wasauksing First Nation in Parry Sound shares a history similar to this swing bridge. Parry Sound and Wasauksing are both shipping ports with large cruise line ships being the only ones docking now. The swing bridge was a train access to Wasauksing to transport logs and other goods. There was a fuel depot in Parry Sound which was brought in by ships.

Moved parts for 24 wind turbines over that bridge years ago. It was a tight fit. We also built a switch yard on Goat Island to take the power to the 115KV main line. The power cables went under the North Channel to the switch yard. We controlled that 60 MW farm from a control room outside of Kingston. I spent about 1 year going back and forth over that bridge. Sad to see it go.

I drove over that bridge twice, back in 1975, when I spent a weekend scuba diving on Manitoulin Island. One thing I find curious is Hwy 6 crosses it. You'd think it would have ended at Tobermory, with a new number across the island & bridge to Espanola. It's the only instance I'm aware of where a highway includes a ferry boat. 🙂

I currently use the older model built into my Toy Hauler. However, I’m a Camp Chef fan personally and love their modular stoves. It’s just too much to drag the big P90X around all the time so I was looking to pick up one of their Versatop 2X stoves, which also fit the camp chef 16 inch accessories (they also make a smaller Blackstone equivalent). What I found was that Camp Chef for whatever strange reason never got Canadian compliance done on their table top products so you have to pick them up in the states and bring them back across. On a side note the Blackstone does fit the Camp Chef 14” accessories so we use the Camp Chef BBQ box on our Blackstone for things we don’t want to griddle, works great.

Well done! Straightforward to the point with great accompanying video. You earned a subscriber.

How's she goin'? Great video brother. Very well done. Thanks!! Take care!!

While my drone is still broken you have to film this amazing bridge and make me jealous of your ability to soar high and capture shots like this. Have you no shame? LoL😢😂 sounds like the new swing bridge will be better but still sad to see the old designs slip into history. Good one, Doug. PS your sweater is in the mail!😮😢😅

Awesome video Doug

thanks for the great video my friend

fantastic video. great info and beautiful scenes thanks for sharing

I am so glad they are repurposing this Heritage bridge.

Good stuff man! Pretty cool they're planning on repurposing it somehow. Have a good week 🤝🏻

Very cool bridge .. we have one where I live that's in dire needs of repairs and plans for reconstruction are in effect with it starting in 2027. Swing bridges are so cool ... Thanks for sharing Brother 🤠🌲☕

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That is no drought a really cool land mark!👍 Good one Doug 🍻

Thank you for sharing this with us, Doug. Stay safe and stay cool

I always enjoy crossong that bridge :) But nothing stays the same. Amazing footage Doug, picked the perfect day for the drone😮

Interesting story and footage, Doug!

It never ceases to amaze me on those clever engineers that come up with these amazing Structures. Cheers Tony

Cool look at this heritage bridge, new ideas moving forward...Two lanes would be a great improvement, and glad they want to play homage to the old bridge, when the new one goes up. Great capture Doug!

It was cool to cross that bridge many years ago. Nice presentation Doug .

Very cool old bridge! Reminds me of the Soo locks railroad bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, except that one raises up to let the mighty ships pass. I appreciate the history today brother

I've crossed that bridge several times in my life while camping all over Manitoulin Island.

Doug, thanks for sharing this. What an interesting bridge. The drone footage you took was fantastic. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Catherine