The Incredible Story: The World's Farthest Inland Port - 2300+ Miles!

[@misisipimike8020]

I love Duluth. I moved here from California five years ago with little but the shirt on my back and a guitar in hand. Though I was far from prepared for the winter to come (having been a southerner then Californian my whole life) the people of Duluth (and Superior) embraced me and gave me a foundation in this beautiful area. Everyday I wake up and thank my lucky stars that I found this place. Yes, even when it's 30 below!

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

Duluth is a liberal dump with buns running around everywhere.

[@Brady.sb33]

@@jimsonjohnson3761I know there’s a big homeless problem there these days but if you think Duluth is a liberal dump you should see MSP. But yeah the state as a whole is going down hill as people from other states come in and change it into the same

[@misisipimike8020]

@@jimsonjohnson3761 We'll be very happy to never have you visit then!

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@jimsonjohnson3761 funny how the homeless problem was actually caused by republican nimbys preserving every single family home and building nothing else but more sfh housing

[@whatsup7253]

@@jimsonjohnson3761 He moved from California to Duluth. Shouldn't be an issue.

[@deftone366]

Michigan native here! Came across your channel a couple weeks ago and I'm addicted. I think I've watched almost all of them. Thank you!

[@tommydee5928]

❤Same here great stories . Been around 73 years married 52 of them .its our new dinner table learning lesson Wife loves them also..keep up the great stuff C &P..

[@Curtis7391-t8q]

Born and raised in Hibbing…it was always a big trip to go to Duluth when I was a kid

[@r.a.w.productions162]

Me too! Miller Hill Mall was a real treat…

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Take Greyhound!

[@santiagobenites]

@@r.a.w.productions162 I grew up in Thunder Bay, and we loved going to Duluth and to the Miller Hill Mall as a kid!

[@janus1958]

Born in Virginia( at the time we lived near Gilbert), and spent most of my childhood about halfway between Hibbing and Virginia. This was back in the '60s. Most of our trips to Duluth were just passing through on our way to visit my great-uncle in Ironwood, Mich.

[@jfppp1]

Here's my favorite story about Duluth. My wife was a teaching assistant in art history at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. The professor would talk about a work of art and then tell which museum it was in. One day a student came to see my wife, wholly exasperated. She said, "The professor keeps saying these works of art are in Duluth. I'm from Duluth, and I know they aren't there." And my wife had to explain that the professor had been saying "the Louvre."

[@daverobinson6110]

😂

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Does this bus go to Duluth? No it goes beep beep.

[@jfppp1]

@@thebookwasbetter3650 Thanks. I hadn't heard that one.

[@rickahlberg7020]

Great historical story about Duluth! You guys are the best!

[@richardjohnson7563]

Always doing a great job exploring , educating, and entertaining. Thank you both.

[@jasonz7788]

America s other Coast The great Lakes. Thanks great job

[@gregwhite8503]

I’m sitting on my Porch in Sandusky Oh. Enjoying this episode as I have your others. Jay Cooke, best known as “The Financier of The Civil War”, born here, was also a major player in the early development of Duluth. He was the first to build a grain elevator there expecting that to bolster his investment in the rail line you mentioned. He, along with others went bust in the 1873 panic. I used to go to Duluth to see what I called the hidden industry. My son worked on the “Lakers” in an industry I worked in. I unloaded both The Anderson & The Fitzs in the summer of 1975. If you’re fascinated by “ the hidden industry “ you should go to Duluth & watch the boats roll in off the big lake! Each visit to Duluth drew me back. It’s a wonderful little town. As I like to say, they don’t call these lakes great or nothing! Good stuff Vikings. Keep it up!

[@CamberRockerCamber]

For us Minnesotans, Duluth is our little mini getaway. Love visiting a a few times a year. Once in the summer when it's warm, once in the fall to see the colors, and then in the winter to go to snowboarding on Spirit Mountain.

[@Erth]

Thanks a bunch for your video! I learn something new every time from your channel. I looked up Duluth, MN. American is a beautiful country. Keep up the good work!

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks Errh! You’ve been a great supporter!

[@66block84]

Was not born there, moved to Duluth (with parents of course) when I was six. Moved to Minneapolis for steadier work when I was 28. So I consider myself a Native of Duluth. Worked at Fraser Shipyards for two years 1974 - 1976. You showed a brief view of what used to be Barko Hydraulics, also worked there from September 1973 to May 1974.

[@jonhutchens9770]

You do a great job with your videos. I always look forward to them.

[@jeffrosen8237]

Thank you for this wonderful history lesson! This was one of my favorite places to go during the summer.

[@stevekunde123]

Visit Duluth often. Have not heard a few of these stories. Thank you for taking us along.

[@johnmcgovern323]

Great recovery from the “time lapse” miscue. Your subject matter and delivery are exceptional. Explore on my friends.

[@RestlessViking]

Much appreciated!

[@jimkamradt7243]

Nice job again, even with the video issue. Chuck and Poppins, you do great service for us all. We live in florida full-time now, and we're not able to travel back to the Great Lakes very often, so your programs are much appreciated.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks 👍 And I'm glad we can do that for you!

[@PracticalKen]

It's great learning something new. Thanks for sharing this history.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks Ken! Right back at you!

[@jstoli996c4s]

Duluth is on my bucket list for sure, looks amazing especially during summer. Gotta see those 1,000 footers coming through too.

[@xenialafleur]

I haven't been to Duluth, but I have seen the 1,000 footers going through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie.

[@jstoli996c4s]

@@xenialafleur the Soo is another spot I want to visit! I grew up in Buffalo, so I’ve seen 600-700 footers, but not the big boys.

[@chouseification]

It has amazing things to see and do year round, although of course it gets cold (and often snowy) in the winter. One set of grandparents lived there, so we'd go up and visit a few times each year; then I went to UMD for college - in the fall, there is a whole fleet of grain ships parked outside the harbor waiting for their turn to go in. If you happen to notice one starting up, and you got in your car and drove to Canal Park, you could park and walk to the pier just as it was entering the final stretch toward the lighthouses on the dual points. Excellent view of the ships and bridge, and we'd regularly (briefly) chat with the crew as they rolled past.

[@jstoli996c4s]

@@chouseification I dislike the heat way more than the cold, being a Buffalo native. Even living in FloriDUH for 27 years didn’t change that, in fact it made me hate the heat even more. Never again 👎

[@keisersozeeee]

Thunder Bay resident here, Duluths sister city in Canada. Ive been to Duluth more times than i care to count because its only 3.5 hours away? I have also been to 38 states and I actually still look forward to Duluth than any other destination in Canada or the US. In the summer it is in my mind the nicest place to be. The lake is a natural air conditioner and there are so many more things to do and see than in Tbay. Its like being on a freshwater ocean and the hotels along the waterfront are the place to be.

[@ottosaxo]

Duluth would be my favorite goal. I like to watch videos of ships passing the Duluth Canal. Some of which have appeared in my vicinity some weeks later. The canal is an ideal location, and even its NE direction is adding to this. There are still two big old steel bridges with gondolas here, one across the Kiel Canal and another one across our river, some miles away from home. Both are still in use, but of course there are bridges and a tunnel meanwhile that actually made them obsolete. A lift bridge with a horn, giving salute to passing ships, seems to be unique to Duluth, though.

[@RestlessViking]

Kiel Canal? Are you in Germany? I believe the idea for the gondolas in Duluth were taken from European designs at the turn of the century. Even more unique is the use of locomotive horns for salutes.

[@ottosaxo]

@@RestlessViking Thank you and keep on your interesting work. Greetings from Lower Saxony.

[@roberthiggins8098]

Always take a warm jacket with you to Duluth even in the summer.

[@DblIre]

I always tell people that go to northern WI and MN: Bring your swimsuit and snowmobile suit in the summer, you'll use both.😂

[@jimgaul67]

Lake Superior has a huge weather effect on Duluth. There can be a 20 degree difference just 40 miles away.

[@roberthiggins8098]

@@jimgaul67 I've experienced 84 at the airport and 47 downtown in July.

[@tootired76]

Excellent video! As a driver I have been to Duluth AND Superior more times than I'd like to admit.... One time about 10 years ago I left the Twin Cities to deal with the Enbridge tank farm in Superior. It was 90 degrees and humid when I left the cities. In Superior it was foggy and about 50 degrees!! Damned glad to wear a Nomex set of coveralls that day!!

[@LadyYoop]

LOVE your history lessons.

[@RestlessViking]

You are so appreciated! Thanks!

[@mplsmark222]

Sorry about the camera mishap, but a good video none the less. Most people in the US have no idea that the majority of our iron/steel making gets its ore from Minnesota. The iron mining was pivotal through two world wars and the industrial revolution, and most of that ore came through Duluth Superior, the Twin Ports. I don’t get up to Duluth as often as I’d like to, it’s a great place to visit. The powers that be are working on reestablishing daily passenger rail from The Twin Cities to Duluth, I’d go up there more often if this service was available now.

[@agricola]

The upper peninsula has something to say about that

[@chuckness5372]

Grew up in Duluth. My mom was a waitress for Joe Huey's cafe We were a struggling family with 8 children, and Joe made sure his cooks made extra soup so my Mom could bring what wasn't sold home to us. Left home at 16, and have been back 4 times, the last time was 1983.

[@JamesTorrey]

Fascinating! I've passed through once before, but I feel I should definitely go back to explore Duluth. Great bumping into you tonight, Chuck. Keep up the great work guys!

[@RestlessViking]

@@JamesTorrey Hello James! It was great meeting you all. Thanks for saying Hi.

[@Jaco3688]

Always interesting, you guys! 👍

[@excellenttwo]

This guy has a good voice

[@MrBradleyDavid]

I’m coming home now from our adventure, be home tonight. Yours has an advantage in that your knees aren’t killing you. Well done!

[@RestlessViking]

Who says they aren't killing me??? 😉😂

[@MrBradleyDavid]

@@RestlessViking touché!

[@RestlessViking]

@@MrBradleyDavid 🤣

[@MrBradleyDavid]

😎😆🤣

[@burtzorn4059]

Great video guys, enjoyed it and learned a lot. Take care !!

[@freetime4051]

I always learn something new, Thanks. Keep them coming ,,,,Pete

[@duaneforbort970]

Great video. Yes, the best grade iron ore on the Iron Range pretty much ran out, but they found a way to process low grade ore into pellets called taconite, which is being shipped today in large quantities to the steel mills further east.

[@denniscrane9753]

As a kid we would collect the taconite from along the railroad tracks for use as slingshot ammo! Pretty cool to know the whole story as an adult!

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Are there steel mills further East left ?

[@GordMerrick]

@@dmitripogosian5084 Yes, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Hamilton, Buffalo

[@GordMerrick]

Taconite, it's called and is processed low grade iron ore, the end product and savior of Duluth. From what I've read the profitable raw extraction ratio is 70% low grade iron ore, waste tailings it's called and 30% higher quality iron ore.

[@Algo_RL]

Amazingly done!

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks!

[@Rattles02]

As often happens, I learned something interesting from your video! I have been to Duluth/Superior a few times. usually a night stop before a trip up the Northshore (which I highly recommend). I did not know that was a man-made canal like Rock Cut SE of SSM. Duluth has a great transportation museum and Superior has the last surviving whaleback freighter (another great thing to visit while there).

[@Arizona-Sonoran-Desert-Guy]

Thanks for the insight and history on this area, the canal, and the bridge. The special master salute by the Anderson in remembrance of the Fitzgerald each anniversary was especially interesting and notable.

[@John-R.61]

Was there about 4 years ago. Enjoyed watching the ships come and go.

[@HawkIAth]

Great video even with the hiccup. Just read an article about Allan Williams and his contribution to our highway system and roadside rest areas. And guess who was quoted? Chuck from the restless Viking! I was like, “hey, I know that guys work!”. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Chuck and Poppins!

[@RestlessViking]

Nice! LOL. That was all Poppins' work from here articles. Those were her pictures and KJB (the correspondent used her article in his research). Thanks for watching!

[@gus473]

Wow, guys, I can't believe how much new-to-me Duluth info you packed into this episode! (And I have been there for business and pleasure many dozens of times!) Surprised you didn't mention the Viking ship or do a stand-upper there! Really fun video, thanks! 😎✌️

[@RestlessViking]

LOL. We just couldn't figure out how to fit it in.

[@OdysseyCamper]

Great video! The part about the horns was super interesting.

[@SteveandSusiesHomestead]

Another Great one. Thank you

[@TheBigdutchster]

I enjoy your history lessons. Greetings from Holland MI.

[@tommyhunter1817]

Visited there last August. What a really neat place. Beautiful country.

[@MikeM-kr9tp]

Great video even with the technical difficulties. Keep making them.

[@Mikell-h2c]

Nice production , thanks❤

[@kikinhugs11]

That place is on my bucket list of places to explore

[@adventure.anywhere]

Great video! We’re looking forward to checking Duluth out on our war around the north shores of Lake Superior soon!

[@RestlessViking]

The whole northern shore too?? That is an amazing trip!

[@adventure.anywhere]

@@RestlessViking yes, we’re crossing in Sault Ste. Marie and going around to Thunder Bay then back in to MN and coming around to WI then MI. We probably won’t hit much of the Michigan side of Superior since we have been there several times and have another trip planned to Copper Harbor this fall for the Keweenaw Overland Adventure Retreat.

[@adventure.anywhere]

We have about 9 days to for this trip so hopefully we have enough time to see a lot of stuff without being too rushed to get to the next place.

[@RestlessViking]

@@adventure.anywhere I think you will. Our trips were around 8-12 days and we were able to see plenty. Have a great time!

[@pdoherty]

Interesting stuff! Can still learn something everyday. Good job with this.

[@brandonhamilton833]

Love Duluth! Being a Minnesotan is great. Such much to see!!

[@ScottHenderson-d2s]

WELL DONE ! I WAS INTERESTED ALL THE WAY THROUGHT WATCHING THE VIDEO !

[@boe4448]

Recent new subscriber. I Really enjoy your content and video quality. I learn from your work. I have been to many places you two videography. Keep up the great work. Boe

[@FjHenderson]

Wow, from Ohio to Duluth, you and Poppins get around, lol. Love the channel guys. Can't wait for the next one. My father-in-law lived in Bessemer and it was a long way from Montgomery to there. Stay safe

[@nssrrailfan]

As a native of Duluth, thanks for making a great video of this!

[@joemartin8888]

I drive through Duluth everytime I head off on a Restless Viking inspired trip to the U.P. Thank you... Greetings from Breezy Point Mn

[@jays7807]

Great video…I’m from Sault Ste Marie…I love to go down to the park at the end of my street and watch the boats sail past

[@lagodifuoco313]

We recently visited Duluth Harbor and the surrounding area. It was the trip of a lifetime.

[@deannilvalli6579]

I think the change of setting at 5 min actually improves the video. It makes a nice change and gives a chance to show more old photos.

[@mikeboyer2421]

interesting history, well done peeps!

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks!

[@The_Andrew_Miles_Project]

Found your link on Lowell First Look and I love your channel! I grew up in Lowell and now I live in Midland. Just love the channel!

[@RestlessViking]

Still a reader of Lowell News! Welcome!

[@korodski]

DRV & Poppins have done it again 😎 Chuck is actually a Duluthian? 😬 Keep on keepin on!🤠

[@dmc9492]

Thanks for the Duluth history lesson Chuck didn't know you lived there I'm gonna be there tonight for the next 3 days any suggestions on things to do/see? Thanks for all your work with Poppins very informative fun to watch🤔😉👌

[@RestlessViking]

I was born there in the 70s, only lived a few months as a tiny orphan. Ship watching at the Duluth canal is a famous past time for many.

[@paulo123-]

Love Duluth!

[@darthwiizius]

I've always fancied hopping across the Pond to visit the lakes region and northern USA.

[@EightBallAnswers1]

Nice. Thanks for the history. I hope to get up to Duluth for a visit after I retire… or maybe before! It looks like a really relaxing place to live. 🤗🥰🙌👍

[@spacenut58]

Much Love to you two. My favorite channel!

[@IamPinhead]

Hometown is across the water from Duluth. Videos like this reaffirm how lucky we are to live in a place like Duluth.

[@pudermcgavin4462]

One of my fav places to visit in my home state!

[@TheCbdudek]

Wow! Love these videos! Keep up the great work!

[@adp5R3x]

Whoa ! 😱 i never thought of THAT ... i know Little Girl Pt is the furthest spot in Michigan - - - but the West End of the Great Lakes ? ❣️👍 'think I'll go up the Keweenaw & visit the northern most point of US 41 🚗💨

[@snakeman48]

The northern start of US41. Been there and have a picture to the sign noting that.

[@ramblinman4197]

That is a beautiful drive. High Rock Point is not too far from the terminus.

[@DblIre]

​@@snakeman48End of the world: 4 miles, Eagle Harbor: 5😂

[@waffles1ca]

Fantastic video, I live 30 minutes north of the St Lawerence river in Ontario, while golfing at Iroquois Golf club, the course activities stop for a few seconds every time a laker goes past, we usually see about 2 upstream and 2 downstream in 18 holes. Duluth port is an amazing fact. Love to see it sometime, watched livestreams from Duluth. Thanks for sharing.

[@GordMerrick]

I'm Canadian living in Toronto, semi retired and enjoying my hobby , History, Canada/U.S politics and development of the Great Lakes. Several years ago, my wife[ she's Russian from way back] invited several of her European cousins to visit, one was a Russian History Professor We started out at on the St. Lawrence River, at Quebec City then Montreal, Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls, Welland Canal, Lake Erie, Detroit/St. Clair Rivers, Lake Huron. SOO Locks, Lake Superior [world's largest fresh water lake] I had several maps of these areas with explanations on how the Great Lakes were developed enabling ocean going ships [salties] to travel 2300 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean and how over the years Canada and the United States co operated in developing domestic and international commerce in developing this waterway into the heart of North America igniting international trade and commerce and prosperity. Today it's common to see these foreign vessels together with our domestic behemoth freighters hauling grain and coal to ports for export. My wife's cousins were astonished when we went ashore for beer at Buffalo that there were no soldiers and uniformed customs people were not armed. The Cold War was still on back then.

[@douglasstrother6584]

"Let's go up *this* river.", Restless Vikings a thousand years ago.

[@adamwade4764]

great video! I love the Great Lakes and wish I could live/spend more time there (Im from the Deep South) The Great Lakes are an incredible asset to the US and Canada. I'm glad to see that Duluth has turned the corner and is undergoing a Renaissance

[@edwardwong654]

That is interesting. In 2009 AD I took my father-in-law to see the entry of the Erie Canal near Albany,

[@Auxrad39]

thanks for the interesting of history especially about the Boeing family/corporation and the sister ship to the Edmund Fitzgerald (fair winds and smooth seas mates).

[@peterdragon6367]

I knew a lady who came from Duluth. She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth. She went to her grave just a little too soon. Flew away howling on the yellow moon. Sad story. Miss her

[@quicksandsavior]

Where do bad folks go when they die?

[@SylviusTheMad]

@@quicksandsavior Managua.

[@BillLaBrie]

This is the genius cold weather will inspire.

[@ArtamStudio]

Burma Shave

[@Hypertropes]

Wow, awesome video! I just subscribed based on this video alone- such interesting subject matter, beautifully done.

[@RestlessViking]

'Thanks a bunch. Appreciate the kind words!

[@familytrieserichiltz940]

Great content!! Makes me want to explore that area of the country sometime!!

[@nathanmullins836]

Very interesting video.

[@jlions72]

I love your history lessons..!.. and that this was your birthplace how cool is that !, I really want to go there and check everything out ..I love watching the boats ( on other peoples videos ) just makes me want to go even more , anyways great job in covering this bit of history

[@luckykumar3338]

Thanks for this video ❤

[@ramblinman4197]

I enjoyed my trip to the area in 2017. There is a nice rail museum not far from the canal.

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Love learning thank you.

[@daleolson3506]

Excellent video. Nice almost no music.

[@jberg8159]

You make a good team

[@daltongalloway]

Interesting history! I grew up in southeastern PA so I’ve never really learned any history in the Midwest

[@briansims4365]

Thank you for the history lesson, enjoy the ship arrivals/departures on you tube

[@MikeL-vu7jo]

Very interesting thanks

[@koenven7012]

I only know Duluth from the game Ticket To Ride. Nice to learn a bit more about the place. One problem with that bridge design is that it limits the height of the ships. Depending on the rest of the canal's dimensions this might not be an issue, but deepening a canal is probably easier than redoing that bridge for more height. I know because near where I live they're lifting all the older bridges on a canal so the barges can fit an extra level of containers.

[@rrdziesinski2965]

Fascinating.

[@danielkarczewski2467]

Sweet video keep up the good work eh.

[@barbaravoneitzen7367]

Very interesting. I’m a fan of your videos.

[@oliversoderberg299]

I love Duluth

[@Aviator315]

I am watching this on July 13, coincidence because that's one of the dates in the video

[@sheismymom]

Wild stuff

[@godzillasmother]

Beautiful city.

[@ericscottstevens]

My father while on a business meeting in Toledo met the HR director who hired the crew for the Fitzgerald. That HR director said he thought of that crew everyday of his life as it was a small community of specialists and everyone knew each other working the lake cargo.

[@Phoenix-vg8li]

I’m from Welland. The seaway is minutes from my house. Great video

[@taplunkers7959]

I live in Duluth!

[@bop4022]

great video!

[@jumbolarge108]

Very neat, you should do other ports/infrastructure!

[@RestlessViking]

For sure!

[@Coxxy_Ray_of_Sunshineee]

i love it here.