Seriously. For a “boat nerd” like me, sitting in my riverside backyard watching the freighters go by wouldn’t suck and then there’s the Otis Redding: the Indiana Harbor on the St. Clair River in Michigan, 10 April, 2026. Photo by Georgia Closs-Burns.
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Morning arrival in Duluth of the first “saltie” of the shipping season, the Dutch-built, Liberia-flagged Ocean 7 Ranger, 8 April, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
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The H. Lee White heads into Silver Bay, passing Split Rock lighthouse in Two Harbors Minnesota, 5 April, 2018. Photo by Christian Dalbec.
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The Herbert C. Jackson rounding Rice's Point in Duluth at sunrise, 31 March 2018. Photo by Jeff Doty.
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The folks took my brothers and me to Mackinac in the early 70s, some of the best home made chocolate candy EVER; Great Lakes freighter Wilfred Sykes makes its first pass of the Great Lakes shipping season by Mackinac Island, 28 March, 2026. Photo by Clark Bloswick.
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Busted this guy slackin' off in the sunshine.
Good job I ain't no snitch.
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Maersk Yosemite is off to Papeete, Tahiti.
Wait for me I wanna come too 🏊‍♂️
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