America's FIRST Transporter Bridge IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK!

[@howiebrooks7136]

I was born in Duluth and one of my favorite views is driving Skyline Drive, especially at night. Beautiful views year round.

[@charliebahn540]

I was born and raised in Duluth. My Dad and his brother built a motel up highway 61 one mile from the pumping station that took lake water for the area. Life was wonderful for a young boy. I played every day down on the lake shore and in the woods behind our motel, which by the way is called "Lake Breeze Motel" and it is still there. My father and uncle sold it around 1962 or so. Thank you for a very well done video.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey no problem!!! thank you for sharing your backstory. I just googled the lake breeze motel, and sure enough I did drive by it when I was up there.....hoping to get back up there in late spring and do another video, and next time I drive by that motel Ill be think of this comment! thanks again for sharing your story and checking out the video!

[@RefLogic]

Nicely done! My wife was born and raised in Duluth and was and East Greyhound. We were married at St Johns Church just north of UMD. My father-in-law would trout fish on the Lester River nearly every weekend. Luvd Canal Park and watching the boats. Her uncle was an engineer on one of the ore boats. Now from sunny Fort Myers FL... enjoy your next trip further north!

[@sidewinder666666]

Lived in Duluth for 2 years in the mid 70's, and still really love that town. Can't count the number of times I crossed that lift bridge. In Winter, with high winds and driving snow, it was a bit of an adventure in the car I owned at the time.

[@brandonwytaske9432]

Next time you're up there, check out the train museum. We go there every year for their Halloween train ride. Also, a lot of people don't realize how long of a drive hwy 61 is. It's about the same amount of time from Duluth to Grand Portage as it is from Duluth to Bloomington.

[@brqxton8974]

Every summer since i was a kid my grandma took me and my family up to stay in duluth near the lift bridge. Loved watching the freighters coming into port, 1000 feet of steel hidden behind fog. My most notable memory was going up to Gooseberry Falls, slipping on the wet granite and giving my family directions back to the car while concussed.(I also almost fell off of that cliff you drove under at 11:11)

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Amazing!!! Loved reading this post and I know exactly what you mean!! gooseberry falls is absolutely gorgeous, but I can remember as a kid playing on the rocks and taking a few falls.....those rocks can be pretty slick! really wish I could have captures a freight coming through the bridge, but it was a very last minute trip. In the late spring Im hoping I can do another trip back to MN and making a video driving from duluth to grand marais, and of course stop at gooseberry and many other places along the way! thank you again for sharing the story about your grandmother and thank you for checking out the video! 🙏

[@brqxton8974]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 keep the content coming, love the drone shots, especially that parallel flyover of minnesota point

[@boomerantics9586]

Several years ago, my wife and I stayed a couple of nights at the hotel at the east end of the lift bridge and had a great time in the revitalized area near the bridge. Just stumbled onto your channel and the CA gibe instantly earned my sub!

[@Squince01]

That's hilarious! Their is an earlier post saying she won't watch because of the Cali jabs 😂

[@boomerantics9586]

@@Squince01 Yeah, I saw that and I HAD to reply to her comment! 😄

[@DocIPA]

Great video! I'm from the LP of Michigan and my Duluth story is from 8 years ago. We had a family camping trip in the UP and were staying in the Porcupine Mountains and decided on a daytrip to Duluth, spur of the moment. Without any real plans we ended up driving through town up to Skyline Parkway and pulled off into Chester Creek Park just to get our bearings and figure out what we wanted to do. Turned out that the park was awesome and our kids played there for a bit as we explored. We ended up having a great lunch in the area, went to the Great Lakes Aquarium and walked the city and Lakewalk. Was a top 10 family day period for us and we still talk about our youngest playing tag with the otters and getting to see the bridge and ships coming and going. I wish Duluth was closer because we'd love to get back there for longer than the 6ish amazing hours we had.

[@AJMikes]

We visit Duluth and the North Shore every year, sometimes twice! The Canal Park area can get really busy from Thursday - Sunday in the summer. Worth it.

[@lisaerdahl2654]

Had a blast feeding a tame chipmunk on Palisade Head!

[@weseld1]

The lift bridge has a spot in my heart, as it was there, back in 1941, that my father rescued my mother from being drowned! They and another couple had driven up to Duluth from St. Pul, and decided (in spite of the weather ) to walk out to the end of the canal leading to the lift bridge. Huge waves were breaking against the ends of the concrete wings on either side of the canal, rolling under the lift bridge and into the harbor. The waves were dumping water over the raised sides of the canal and the relatively protected channel in the middle of each wing was awash with water from the waves, so they walked on the raised sides where passing waves were only ankle deep. Then a larger wave than average came in, and swept my mother off the wall and into the navigation channel. As she often said, she could swim like an anvil, and was about to go under, when the next wave lifted her up even with the top of the wall - my father, who was very strong - caught hold of her hand and dragged her back onto the wall! Soaked with the frigid lake water, they struggled back to shore and up onto the street at the base of the bridge. Talk about a memorable date! The were married a year later, during WW2. when he came home on leave from the Navy

[@isaaacc1]

The stone structure in the water at 50 seconds in! Locals call it the ice house. I've swam out there and jumped off with my family before. Late July, early August, the water might get up to 63°

[@critterscute3642]

Interesting video! I’ve been watching Vibe With Mike. He films the lakers going through the canal there. Probably why this came up in my feed. I’m glad it did as it provides good history of the bridge itself. Thanks!

[@tdvandy2]

I have relatives in Duluth and have visited there probably 30 times or more in my life. I have always loved that city, the hills and Superior as well. Lake Superior has a certain mystique to it, a feeling you don't get anywhere else, at least to me. Great video!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you! and I agree about the mystique to lake superior. if that lake could talk I bet it could tell us some amazing stories, other than shipwrecks, god only knows whats at the bottom of that lake and the other mysteries it holds. Thank you for checking out the video! 🙏

[@MarketPlaceRentals]

A lot of talk about Duluth and not much about the click bait title

[@josephj807]

Average YT content

[@russg9371]

Seems like something the PR team came up with. Duluth is a dump

[@bccphotec]

Hey Jessie ! Born in St. Paul ('55) Raised in White Bear Lake, escaped to Arizona in '84. My dad was a big RV'er, but we didn't head up there a lot. He preferred the central lake country, since my grandparents were in Litchfield. We spent a ton of weekends at this park on the St. Croix across from Osceola. I always scoff at them calling the reservoirs "lakes" down here. I've lived it folks, get real. Later !... Jim in the desert.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

St. Paul!!!! i know that city pretty well, and my friends parents have an antique store in white bear lake! small world.....last time I was in osceola I shotgunned a beer and cascade falls!.....good times! kind of makes me want to do more minnesota based content haha. and I know what you mean about the reservoirs, when I first moved to AZ and people told me there were lakes down here, I was pretty excited, then I was slightly disappointed when I found out they were reservoirs, still fun to visit though! thanks for checking out the video!

[@douglasdeangoode]

You clearly have a photographer's eye. I doubt I am the only one who enjoys both the content of your videos, and how well you craft your videos. In addition, I also appreciate your matter-of-fact style of narration. Yes, you include an occasional bit of home-spun humor. But it's not clownish. Kudos all around. Thank you for producing such fine work. Cheers.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey thank you so much! I try my best to make them educational without sounding like a boring college professor, hence the comedic touch....Thank you for those kind words and also for tuning into the video 🙏

[@jonatdrmarlo]

Love the North shore. As you stated, Congdon mansion would be cool, I haven't been there since the '80s. Gooseberry and Split Rock Light House may also be interesting. Love your work, keep it up!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

YES!!!! omg, all those place me and my family would visit when were kids! Im already planning another trip out there in the late spring, and I will most definitely be stopping in at ALL of those places! the congdon Mansion always gave me the creeps, but thats why I must go back!!! Thank you for checking out the video 🙏

[@beverlymichael5830]

Been to Duluth and crossed the bridge. It was in June and at night it was down to freezing. And very warm during the day when I stayed over in superior WI. Lived in Minneapolis at that time. The steep roads in Duluth were as amazing how they must have drove them during the winter. I was hoping you showed some of those.

[@sugarhillsrr]

Going to put Duluth on my bucket list !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@paahl1572]

My family did yearly trips to Duluth every summer in the 80s. We’d stay at a motel in Canal Park and little kid me had to run down every time a ship came in or out. I met a former crewman from the Edmund Fitzgerald up there. I still go up as much as I can as an adult. My girlfriend had never seen a lake freighter in person before so I had to change that.

[@mnmike6884]

You need to revisit Minnesota’s North Shore and film from Duluth to Grand Portage. Lots of scenic stuff that’s quite amazing since the road hugs the shoreline.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Oh i certainly plan on it! I'm from MN originally and whenever I go back i like to make videos there.....I already have some content planned for late spring when I go back....thanks for the suggestion!!!! 🙏

[@nerdyrcdriver]

My grandpa was an electrician and worked on the lift bridge. When I was in elementary school I got to go up in the house on the bridge with him and hit the button to sound a horn on the bridge.

[@sandiwilliams7101]

Welcome back- I’ve missed your videos! I used to live near Lake St Clair in Michigan. My father, in the winter time, would drive us in the car onto the lake. Quite exciting.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thanks sandi! took a brief break but the videos are back!! and I got full upload schedule! I havent quite made it over to Michigan yet! But I've always wanted to Visit Detroit Rock CIty!!!! thanks for watching!

[@CavemanCBB]

You could do a lot of videos from the north shore. Grand Marais is a very scenic town too.

[@Squince01]

First time watching, great stuff dude! I was raised in Southern Mn and lived a few years in Duluth. I absolutely love that city. That said both winters can be bad... Ive had -55f down south but also lived through polar vortex up north... both are incredibly brutal in there own ways.

[@mellissadalby1402]

Good one. Now I know. Thanks

[@danlowe8684]

Fun fact: When they originally dredged the Duluth harbor in the early 1900s, the millions of cubic yards of sand spoils were dumped offshore of the point. This sand washed ashore over the decades and built huge dunes on the point. Much of the sand blew back into the harbor, decade by decade. Much was hauled away. Blinding sandstorms were common. In the meantime, the building of the piers, dredging of the harbor, hard surface runoff from development, dam construction, and armoring of feeder rivers has cut off the longshore drift sand supply to the MN Point. Now they 'nourish' the beach with sand. Like most sand bars, it is always relocating and countering changes made.

[@jacobmiller3935]

One of my favorite things to watch are the surfers in the colder months as the waves are much larger.

[@janetcarbone4213]

Neat video. Thanks!❤

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey no problem! glad you liked it! been wanting to do a video here for the longest time! appreciate you checking out the video!

[@michaelhuchins9514]

When we took the Glensheen tour there was no mention of the murders. later we found a book at a local gift shop and learned about the dark history. Thank you for the history of the lift bridge, we check the canal cam often and enjoy seeing the bridge in action.

[@davidross5169]

In the mid 50s as a kid,we went threw Duluth,then ,we must have went a crossed it a few more times,threw the years,because I have been around lake superior, went up fishing 3 other times,one time we went up in a big camper,another time we took my freinds 1968 roadrunner,pulling a boat trailer with 2 boats,___

[@gregjankowski2115]

Very cool my son goes to college in Ely, MN and I will have to check out Palisade Head in the spring!

[@57WillysCJ]

The Duluth canal was hurriedly built to stop Superior from being the only port which was before congress at the time as I remember it. Most people don't realize there is a natural channel in Superior. I remember hearing about the murders in Glensheen and I was in the north when the retrial was ordered. During the same period of time Ashland Wi was a large port as well. Large enough that Douglas MacArthur went there to get transport to West Point.

[@Westleymiller1343]

Love the great lakes region. Wonderful video

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you very much! glad you enjoyed it!

[@eworks9828]

We stop at "the head" every year we go up to the gunflint trail for holiday. Not enough room for 2 pickups to pass unless you get creative. It is a beautiful trip up to the Canadian border but alas we have been priced out of making the trip as motels and lodging all along the shore is ridiculous since covid. I hope when I have a few marbles left in my head, some of the memories of the north shore are among them.

[@andrewolson2227]

Pretty soon, you will be able to get there via an Amtrak train.

[@deekang6244]

Crossing from downtown Duluth, and across the Lift Bridge: there is a hotel just on the right side there. Can’t remember the name. If you stay there, and ask, they will call you overnight whenever a ship goes through the bridge so you can see the Lift Bridge going up and down. If you don’t want to be woken, they won’t call you. It’s a service of the hotel. The hotel is pretty nice, has a lot of outdoor chairs and I think a few BBQ’s. Also, access under the bridge to the beach on the other side, towards the lake.

[@lowercherty]

I didn't know you could drive to the top of Palisade Head.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@lowercherty i didn't either, I was always under the impression you had to park at that first parking lot and then hike the rest of the way. Cool to know you can drive up there, that way people with impairments can see it too!

[@owlbuquerqueturkey]

There is a shipwreck not far from the Duluth entry. We could see its shape with sonar. I think my dad referred to it as "the Wilson".

[@travellinman1111]

Thanks, Jessie for an outstanding video as always. Appreciate all your hard work 😊

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Heybthanks Travellinman1111 glad you enjoyed the video!!! 👍 always wanted to do a story on duluth/lake superior!! Thanks again!

[@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi]

If you go in the summer, schedule your trip to avoid blackfly season! The Lake Superior locals have a saying, "Mosquitoes drill for their lunch, but blackflies strip mine for theirs." If you've ever been bit by a blackfly, you can confirm this! 😡

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I know exactly what you mean!!

[@johnnytrucker66]

Yes. I now live in the southeast part of the state and the winters are a piece of cake compared to the northland. born and raised in the Duluth area. only been able to make it up the shore to Split Rock Lighthouse.....would love to have the time to go further up.....there is a pie shop that made it on to man v food a while ago just north of two harbors 😀

[@stevehamlin8267]

Moved up from Indy in 2012- Love it!

[@wje2]

Great video, really informative

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

thank you!

[@Kenneth-ct3rx]

I've always wondered of how those big ships had gotten from the ocean to the great lakes( especially to lake superior )

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey now you know! thanks for watching!

[@natehowe4223]

I remember 2 years ago when I was up there I was at an ice cream shop and saw the blue angels fly over the bridge and it was really cool especially since I didn’t know that they would do that

[@RonStuglik]

At one time, they allowed people to ride on the bridge as it went up. I was 10 years old. Scared me to death

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

That would have been awesome!!! But I will say, if I was just a kid....that'd probably scare the crap out of me too, I'd a been gripping the rails like crazy haha, thanks for checking out the video and sharing your story 👍

[@propdoctor21564]

Just found your channel and subscribed 👍

[@evangelicalcatholics]

The bridge's height was increased at one time, and back in the 80's the technology which lifts the bridge was modernized and simplified. You can find old videos on KZbin with the old technology which had several more cables and pullies. I believe they kept one of those old pullies and, on the park point side of the bridge, have out on the lawn for people to see.

[@sethmaki1333]

I've been to 46 states and seven foreign countries and more cities than I can count. Among those cities, none of them are more beautiful than Duluth.

[@timothykeith1367]

Duluth is spectacular

[@ralphwatten2426]

When I was a kid people could pay fifteen cents and ride up and down in a cage on the bridge. P.S. One summer day at Palisade Head my wife and I and my cousin and his girl friend were sitting there eating saltines and smoked Ciscos and a kid came from over the cliff. We hadn't notice the ropes a short distance away. We were shocked I tell you, shocked!

[@jamesburroughs4709]

Nice flying. What drone are you using?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

DJI Mini 4 pro! that little drone is a beast!!!! its also linked in the video description

[@Roosters_Restos]

I am from Southern Minnesota and would love to talk to you as a fellow youtuber about doing a piece on where i live. Ya see our family was the first settlers here in 1853 and our ranch founded in 1856 where we still live. Plus rochester has a rich medical history too. Lets chat. Before i die i want to see my family history told.

[@feminazislayer]

Looking out at that view, 👀 can't tell me it's not flat.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Lol, I just got done watching a video about flat earth! It was by Tyler Olivera!.....inhave some thoughts!

[@claude6141]

My grandfather helped build that bridge.

[@timlabell]

Okay I'll go and ask you instead of asking my boat friends, why is it called the" aerial" lift bridge??

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

well......I think its pretty self evident

[@timlabell]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Really go ahead and explain it then it's not area , It's aerial like the beautiful Ann Margaret on Grumpy old men. SOOOO TALK YOUR WAY THROUGH THAT. 🤪🤮🤕

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

You got me there

[@JM2U]

The good son was filmed on the north shore.

[@BrendanFlaig]

I live on the hill in Duluth

[@fattone166]

I'll take California beaches any day.

[@clayz1]

I've visited Duluth many times on line for the shipping channel. It smells like home. So what is up with the click bait? I'm feeling a little ripped off here.

[@DanielF-ty3sb]

Hahaha! 🤣”…It’s California-so no one really cares.”

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@DanielF-ty3sb i couldn't resist! 😆

[@charlesgraettinger7947]

Was good until music.

[@nonfacebookuser5867]

I've lived here almost my whole life(68 yrs) and can't wait to either move away or die. Either way would be a reprieve from hell.

[@tommiller1315]

DEEP Secrets?

[@wellsjdan]

Clickbait

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Deep!

[@DressyBessie]

​@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 It sure is! Interesting! Thank you for this video! 👍🤗👍

[@bugbomb8048]

Your people voted for the exact same people hands down that the people in California did….. you’re like California but without the great weather and a real ocean….

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I live in Arizona

[@jammerx2074]

What? lol

[@miles4270]

I live there and this is a very gringe video. 😂

[@BussinJohnson]

Why would anyone want to live there? I've heard it has the most miserable winters of anywhere! Plus it has as many mosquitoes as the everglades. That sounds like a pretty miserable place!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

it aint for the weak

[@Kenneth-ct3rx]

@@BussinJohnson Every state has mosquitos and such and depending on where the state is( like on the east coast and the great lakes ) that they can have some pretty cold winters there, sooo.........

[@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi]

Actually, Montana and Alaska are much worse. There are definitely tradeoffs, but living in the Great Lakes area is a net gain, imo.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi never been to Montana, but I've been to Alaska a couple times.....LOVE IT!! and I agree with you, lots of positives to living in the great lakes area!

[@tommyboy55901]

The weather keeps the undesirable people away