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THE
FIRST
FEW MILES OF
THE SCENIC
DRIVE WIND
FROM
THE
AERIAL
L I F T
BRIDGE
IN
CANAL
PARK TO THE
E A S T E R N
EDGE OF THE
CITY. WHAT A
LOVELY LITTLE
FIVE MILES IT
IS!
R.
R.
R.
Lester
R.
R.
L.
L.
Su
ck
er
French
Knife
Mud
L.
Alden
Schultz
EL.627
70
30’
own
Vill. of
Superior
Two Harbors
Superior
35
13
105
Larsmont
Island Lake
Arnold
French River
Palmers
Knife River
6 1
4 2
4 3
6 1
3 7
9
4
4 4
Duluth
Flood Bay
Wayside
McQuade Harbor & Rest Area
SCENIC 61
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Watch gargantuan counterweights slowly
descend, raising the 900-ton span of the Aerial
Lift Bridge nearly 140 feet in the air to allow
1,000-foot ore boats to pass into the harbor.
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Learn the history of area shipping at the
US Army Corps of Engineers Lake Superior
Maritime Museum. They list and announce all
ship arrivals and departures, too. It’s free!
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Cross Minnesota Slip, home of the
iron ore ship William A. Irvin, via the
blue drawbridge.
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Get full of sand at the only place you
can on the North Shore - Park Point,
Duluth’s seven-mile sand peninsula;
public beach one mile south and full
recreation area six miles south.