Bruce MacDonaldLongest vessel on the Great Lakes, the Paul R. Tregurtha, arrived this week in Duluth to open the (inbound) shipping season.
One thousand thirteen feet long.
Duluth Harbor Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B63G8SbltvU
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BrunoMcGeeKind of astonishing that local governments facilitated this without any public input. On the sly. #Minnesota #Google #DataCenters #landusepolicies #Duluth #Secrecy #WaterSupplies #EnergyUse
Google just bought your Minnesota vacationland for a data center
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/03/google-just-bought-your-minnesota-vacationland-for-a-data-center/
"Minnesota Point has a rare dune system and sandy soils. It is the only place in Minnesota with the Atlantic coast species beachgrass that grows on dunes. The point’s red and jack pines, ferns and blueberry plants all rely on fire to stay healthy. Both sections to be burned include land designated by the state as a Scientific and Natural Area (SNA), meaning it has native plants and rare species."
A prescribed burn on Duluth’s beloved sandbar aims to help red pines regenerate.
By Jana Hollingsworth
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/duluths-park-point-forest-will-be-set-afire-so-it-can-take-a-deep-breath/601593286?utm_source=gift
Jonathan Ellsworth: Oberstar Kicks Off the 2026 Season as First Ship Out of Duluth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RHDsD79cUc
Oberstar Kicks Off the 2026 Season as First Ship Out of Duluth!
If you want a real throwback, take a drive over the Oliver Bridge, further up the St. Louis River, still in use as a combination rail and road bridge.
New deck, though. No more rattling across wooden planks there, either.
https://www.dot.state.mn.us/historicbridges/6544.html
I used to enjoy riding over the Arrowhead Bridge, a drawbridge upriver, and listening to the wooden planks rattling under the tires. They don't grow trees that big any more, I don't think.
https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2015/07/26/postcards-from-the-arrowhead-bridge/
Postcards from the Arrowhead Bridge - Perfect Duluth Day
The Arrowhead Bridge connected West Duluth to Superior’s Billing’s Park neighborhood across the St. Louis River for 57 years. Built by the Arrowhead Bridge Co., it opened on March 15, 1927. The company charged a toll to cross the bridge until 1963, when Minnesota and Wisconsin state officials paid $200,000 to make it a toll-free […]
Famous Duluth architect favors Epicurean-like cutting board material for home siding.
"Salmela has a knack for creating livable spaces inspired by modernist ideas and his own Finnish culture, suffused with a sense of quiet joy and the occasional touch of whimsy. That gift has brought him international recognition and hundreds of commissions."
David Salmela at 80: Duluth architect has unparalleled legacy
By Jay Gabler
Duluth News Tribune
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/david-salmela-at-80-duluth-architect-has-unparalleled-legacy
Thomas DorrWitnessing the #philosophy club at #umn #duluth discuss the time travel and the self and clones after watching "World of Tomorrow" by Don Hertzfeldt
It bakes my noodle. It is intriguing.
steve ulrichdistinctly #minnesota statement. "i'm super pumped to try out my new shovel!"
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