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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

0.0

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.