Quadruple Ships, Including the 2 Best Horns on the Great Lakes Being Show-Offs

[@audreyjohnson4599]

John G Munson might be 72 years old, but she has a mighty voice, right up there with the Barker Bark.

[@marywright6759]

Totally agree.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

The video doesn’t really even do her horn justice! That horn shakes you up pretty good

[@bluerazor7049]

The powerful Kahlenburg EP-90's!

[@richardjohnson2965]

I appreciate the captains and crews for putting on these spectacular shows for the visitors. My kids are grown now, but still talk about the boats and the times we spent in Duluth and on the north shore….we wanted to give them memories that would last a lifetime….and there is nothing like these boats. Coming through the canal.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

I can relate! They stick with you

[@stratolestele7611]

That's fantastic Richard!

[@rcdoodles6214]

Super fun to watch and hear - thank you!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@TheGail7777]

The James R Barker will always win the horn competition, IMHO!! I love seeing that ship!

[@CraigBarron-os9it]

That's gotta be one of the best horn displays ever. Just love it. Just a shame that here in Australia, we do not get anything like this whatsoever. I'm so glad I came across your channel. Thank you so much.

[@per-ly4wq]

I just read your Profiletext, and wanted to let you know: Job done! I‘ll never be able to visit Duluth, even if I‘d really love to, so you‘re kinda my eyes and ears over there. Keep it up!

[@skycvg]

That's what I call one heckuva heavy metal video. Fantastic!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@skycvg 3,451ft of ship in this video!

[@allensharlow7763]

I love that Majestic horn on that ship❤, it’s my favorite ship😎😎🍮🍮👍👍

[@orionharmon6017]

5:50 Boy: Honk the horn! John G Mudson: You got it! (honks) 📯📯🔊🔊🔊🔉🔉

[@laurenolson8492]

Nice and you caught Elias on the pole!!! :-) I love hearing the little kids excited and the one that said, honk the horn, and the Munson did!! Love love love Jonathan!!!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Is that Elias? Huh I’ll have to say hi to him!

[@katherinespencer2633]

Fabulous video, thank you for sharing!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thanks for watching!

[@kenrickjones3990]

Wow; three for one what a treat , love it

[@kenrickjones3990]

I mean four, that’s even better

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@kenrickjones39904 for 1 yep 😂😂

[@skewtuh]

The ships are mighty and impressive, but the most impressive was the flip phone at 11:05. Had to check the date on the video, wasn’t sure if this was from 2001 or not. Great video!

[@jaynorris3722]

The ladies were in fine voice for sure. What a joy.

[@runeshadow]

The Barker with that awesome fifth! I've always wondered why they all don't go for a more agreeable chord choice. 🎶🎵

[@earllutz2663]

Thank you for a splendid video.

[@andyloper44]

Awesome stuff. Great sounding salutes.

[@dianebeier8379]

Fantastic video of alot of action! Wish I was there!!😊😊

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you! You’d always be welcome to stop up and say hi 😃

[@tallmansfavorites7563]

Great video, but at the 11:10 point I lost my focus when I saw the lady filming with a flip phone,which then got me wondering how many cell phones have found their forever home along that bulkhead wall over the years..😅

[@jonathanellsworth21]

There have been a few to go in that’s for sure 😂

[@miapdx503]

😂 true!

[@zedcecelja2993]

That's the horn I'm fitting to my Subaru! Awesome!

[@lavenderlamp]

I have got to get up there and see this in person!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

You’ll love it!

[@richardbause2453]

Great show 👏 👍!!! You even outdid Mike AND Paul... When the Barker BARKS, IT BARKS😮!!!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed and yes that was a serious salute lol 😂

[@TOTALCAMARO]

Great video. Nice to catch all them. I didn’t see anyone jump when the horns went off. Thank you for sharing your video with us. 😊

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Lol I saw some jumping for Burns Harbor!

[@TOTALCAMARO]

@@jonathanellsworth21 you didn’t? Hmm 🧐

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@TOTALCAMARO I had ear muffs on that day, I knew the Barker was coming out lol. Protects my hearing, plus helps with the jumping issue 😃

[@TOTALCAMARO]

@@jonathanellsworth21 I was going to say “ear muffs” that cold out? lol I’ve been going to Marquette for appointments and catching some of the ships coming into the ore docks there. Got pictures of the Anderson last Thursday. Seen the Michigan Trader today.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@TOTALCAMAROnoise headphones I guess you can say, not 100% sure what to call them 😂 That’s cool though! Haven’t been to Marquette yet!

[@maryanneveite5096]

Great video! Thank you😊

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@johncamp2567]

‘Like a giant bagpipe, that JAMES R. BARKER! 😯

[@tracyknister566]

when these freighters come thru do they always blow the horn? I want to go visit soon but don't want to be disappointed if they don't always do the horn blasts.

[@rottenroads1982]

0:59, 5:52. The Horns of the James R. Barker & the John G Munson.

[@norman7179]

Could you imagine all four in a chorus tooting together ?

[@michaelangelo7511]

Barker 👍🏻 👍🏻very cool.Munson is equally cool. 👍🏻👍🏻Burns👍🏻👍🏻Boland.👍🏻👍🏻

[@richardharris9797]

That ship has the best horn and liked the long harn being existing

[@philabbey3315]

I'm not sure who you are filming this, I want to thank you for these great videos!! Your sound that is recorded comes through great. Again thank you for sharing these awesome videos.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoy them! 😃

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Looks like you were there to film the Barker, Munson, and Burns Harbor too! I filmed the first 2 from closer to the lighthouse while you were closer to the Lift Bridge. I got a couple of still shots of the Burns afterwards.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Cool! I’ll have to say hi some time! Did you get Boland too? She was about 20 minutes after Burns Harbor

[@danielmorris3687]

Wow! That's a good way to spend a couple of hours. I'm probably in the minority here, and not to dis JRB, but I kinda like John G's tooter a bit more. It sounds like it's singing when it changes pitch 🤗

[@jonathanellsworth21]

I like them both equally, both horns you can feel in your chest 😃

[@brendabracklin-kg3pl]

Awesome sounds

[@ShipOnTheSea1]

I really like going to the beach, maybe because of the One Pice series that I often read 😁

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@ShipOnTheSea1 my girlfriend reads that too lol

[@miapdx503]

From the west coast, *Salute!* 🌹⚓

[@mrbig4514]

AWESOMENESS!!

[@morticiaaddams7866]

That horn was longer than the Barker!!😊

[@toocamcivic]

Can I ask a dumb question, I grew up and am still near Wilmington Delaware. Why are Great Lakes shipped tagged in Wilmington? Is it the tax haven thing? Thank you.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Yep, tax related

[@ranow3389]

Vista Star tried, but hard to beat the booming voice of the Barker.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

I’d love to see Vista have a Barker type horn, that would be hilarious

[@williamlondon6269]

Great footage, a question, is the voiceover live or Memorex?

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Live! There’s a booth in the museum that they speak from

[@johnmcque4813]

Didn't the Author Anderson follow the Edmond Fitzgerald on it's last trip?

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@johnmcque4813 yes she was there, 10 miles behind. She lead the attempted rescue efforts as well and found one of her lifeboats (empty and destroyed). She isn’t in this video though unfortunately, although she is a regular visitor

[@norman7179]

Ship salutes the bridge and the bridge salutes the ships ?

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Yep!

[@kathygriffin9465]

Yep!

[@Shreddy-e1c]

Kinda like a "hello" and "welcome".

[@ebermarfreitas3078]

A comunicação sonora entre navio e ponte perfeita📸📺📚🇧🇷🇲🇨

[@laurenolson8492]

That is him!

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@CarBoH42]

Cool video! I’m curious how many cell phones get dropped into the channel!😂

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Thanks! Seen a few lol. I try to warn people 😂

[@JesMcdld-nb6pg]

The ship that cracked open my dad has worked in the elevators for 30 years plus and the MTP has been loading grain in Thunder Bay plus Duluth but since he was a young man starting to work at Saskatchewan wheat pool before it was bought out by Victeria I think that's the name but that was 50 years ago he retired but that's how long that ship has been working the great lakes

[@PatsPurposefulPutzing]

My top 2 are the JR Barker and Roger Blough

[@roflcookies]

"For Sale" sign in one of the Barker's windows

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Lol 😂

[@TempoDrift1480]

Looks like these guys slide into the garage at night on their sides😲

[@lylehargus4507]

won? no competition for the Barker in my mind i hope to hear it in person one day

[@jamesbraun9842]

That's because there are no boats with an original steam whistle.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Barker’s Horn is awesome. Munson’s another one that you really have to hear in person, the videos don’t give it justice

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@jamesbraun9842Alpena has hers

[@gotchagee3315]

@@jonathanellsworth21 I love the Barker and the Alphena's horns.

[@JCLampee-t3f]

WOW!!!!!

[@generalmoonstone]

First thing that came to mind was the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[@Life_With_Lady]

LOl some of these ships reminds me of a line from the movie Down Periscope "I need a tetanus shot from just looking at her!"

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@Life_With_Lady it’s not always rust! They carry iron ore, the dust from that cakes on and looks exactly like rust because it’s also oxygenated iron, you can often tell when a wave or something washes part of it away. But there are a few genuinely rust ones as well!

[@Life_With_Lady]

@@jonathanellsworth21 See ya learn something new every day. Perhaps you know the thickness of the steal hull? Cause with all those scratches on them you would think they would thin over time and rupture.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

@@Life_With_Lady it does thin over time and they require semi-regular steel replacement, but from what I understand it’s not usually from the direction you’re thinking. It’s mostly from the inside, which essentially gets pounded by hundreds of millions of pounds of rocks 27/7, especially while loading and unloading. Sure the outside gets a scrape every now and then but it’s nothing compared to what the inside sees. The difference is the external damage is more visible because of paint, the steel itself usually isn’t affected too badly. But on occasion they’ll add steel to the outside as well, especially around the bow. Saginaw for instance had a very visible “patch” of added steel for several years before they finally blended it in properly with the rest of the hull. That was after 70 some years though

[@JesMcdld-nb6pg]

I was in Thunder Bay Ontario and they sure have a lot off Salties ocean going vessels sitting in Harbour waiting for orders the Lakers come in and go right to one of the elevators to load grain oats peas but they never have to wait and anchor like the oceans ships some times there's up to a dozen anchored in Harbour for days waiting for orders paper work it's a really busy port Thunder Bay now and over years is getting busier and busier lots of ocean ships loading peas or grain for new Zealand UK these guys working on these ships the hours and days just sitting waiting it's not a job for everyone

[@WilSan-oj8ln]

These ship videos are really wonderful. They will make a great historical record when the Lakers are all gone in the very near future. The Environmental Extremists are on a mission to stop all mining in Minnesota including Taconite Mining. They and their Twin Cities/Duluth Liberal (DFL) friends and the Tribes are trying to introduce permitting legislation, which if passed, will be used against not only Copper/Nickel Mining but Taconite Mining too! When Mining (including Coal) is gone, the Lakers will no longer be needed. The ironic thing is the Liberal Duluth DFL can’t see that their actions and that of their Environmentalist, Tribal and Twin Cities allies will also kill their precious Canal Park Tourism along with Mining but they are too blind to see (nor do they care about) the final outcome of the actions they are taking against Mining. It is also ironic that Duluth/Superior metro is the Largest Polluter of Lake Superior! Every grain of sand/salt used on their roads, every hazardous spill from their residents/businesses, every herbicide/pesticide they use, all of the garbage/cigarette butts and oil from cars on their streets, all of the sewage overflows and all of the human excrement from their homeless people get washed into Lake Superior in vast quantities. (This applies even more to the Twin Cities Metro, the largest Polluter of the Upper Mississippi River) Maybe you people should clean up your own pollution issues that have gone on for well over 100 years instead of worrying about your trumped up pollution issues from Mining. Enjoy the Show while you still can 😉

[@Ubovethclouds]

Bro are you on crack ?😂

[@Ubovethclouds]

You tweekin bruh

[@jonathanellsworth21]

I have my own political opinions as well and while I’d love to share them, that is not the goal of my videos. Any more political comments or replies will be removed. We’re here to watch ships and have fun. Not debate political fear mongering from either side. If politics ever becomes relevant to the situation then it might be worth more attention but for the time being this does nothing but needlessly scare people with speculation that I can safely say is not true, at least for the moment. Which is not ok.