As a Michigander who has spent most of his 40 summers on the Lakes, I have met many people from other parts of the US who say, "I didn't realize they were this big!" Which always baffled me considering maps of the US exist and the Lakes are bigger than many states.
At the turn of the 20th century, the port of Duluth shipped the most tonnage of any port in the world, and the city of Duluth had the most millionaires, per capita, of any city in the world
The first Europeans to traverse Lake Superior were French voyageurs. They were seeking the Mythical “Northwest Passage”~the all water route across North America.
They were unaware that the passage (which lies further north) was frozen over year round at that time, due to the Little Ice Age. (It's now back to being navigable in the summer time.)
@@singood7790 Yeah, they colonized Greenland in the eleventh century, before the Little Ice Age really got started; it is probable that the Northwest Passage was open for several months every year at that time. The records they kept are pretty spotty, though, so we don't know for sure how far west they reached. We know of one group that visited a landmass that probably corresponds to modern Newfoundland, but they didn't do much and just went back home. There may well have been other expeditions by other groups at other times, but we don't have written records of them.
Geeezzzz... I thought I was lucky to be a truck driver for 10 years thinking: "I got all around the USA" but you girl, are re-defining "getting around the USA". You're crawling around all the nooks and crannies of America! I LOVE IT!!!
You could not be more right..."lake" just doesn't seem a strong enough word for a body of water this massive. Your personal coaster ride through a breath-taking landscape, the superb food you're finding everywhere, the USS William A. Irvin floating as a reminder of its proud legacy, every bit of what you've seen and done here and elsewhere a testament to the daily workings of beautiful, functional environments. At a glance, some of it might seem ordinary, yet it's so much more than that. People make it all happen, and people like you enjoying it is what it's all about.
Don’t let Lake Superior bewitch you with her beauty, that’s how she gets you! Her raw power has brought down hundreds of ships, and claimed thousands of lives. Still my favorite place in the world though, love from Monticello, MN!
Yep. White Squalls are quite common on the Great Lakes. Think huricane force winds that come out of nothing and can sink a ship in minutes if they hit wrong
I was a research scientist who spent almost 9 years studying the Laurentian Great Lakes -Superior being one of them-and, as it turned out., other large lake ecosystems across the globe. I will always look back on those years with unrelenting gratitude. I’ve loved the Great Lakes my entire life and I sought to study them to give back some of the love they so generously shared with me. With that said, venture away from pies and other commercial distractions and sit upon Superior’s shores in peace. If you’re able to do so, you, like many of us who have learned to “listen,” will hear her unforgettable voice too. And once you’ve experienced it firsthand, you’ll never be quite the same. Thank you so much for letting me see you experience Superior’s majesty for the very first time. [Edited slightly for clarity]
Ya, my wife and I always make a poke at each other every time we drive by. Wanna get some pie? As we glance at the full parking lot of tourists and laugh. But it was really good many years ago.
I've been sailing on Lake Michigan before and yes, once you get a certain distance out, you see nothing but water all around you. It definitely feels like being out on the ocean.
As a Minnesotan who has been to the south of France/Mediterranean coast, it is so fun to see someone from France enjoying their time in my home state, much the same as I enjoyed my time across the pond.
Lived in a few places, but MN really is the best. Even with MN's brutal winters, there's still so much to do and so much life during that time. People who question this state just don't know what they're talking about. If I had to pick a second place spot, I would probably pick San Diego, but California's cost of living, homeless issues, and other problems really detract from its appeal. You really get so much bang for your buck in MN. Love this place.
brutal winters. that;s just MN talk. they are not that brutal at all. heck, even the lakes barely freeze over any longer. But i'm a fairbanks, AK transplant. Love MN.
Thanks for not constantly bashing the US. Just came from another French You Tuber and the comments were nothing but hate for the US. People that have never been here saying how awful it is. Thanks for an open mind.
No country is perfect but look at people getting k*lled, including children in schools, lack of rights for the working class, inequality not least in health, corruption where the rich can buy both politicians and judges, the American population is getting dumber and dumber every year as the education system is underfunded in all the areas where the rich don't live and it is almost impossible for the smart but poor to get a proper education for the benefit of the country. It's not because we hate the USA, we just think that you have the opportunity to develop your entire society not only for the benefit of the rich but for everyone so that the country has a good future where everyone is treated fairly regardless of income. There was a time when in many countries we looked up to the USA and especially in the West, but that is over as development has stagnated and in many areas has gone backwards. It may yet be saved, but it is this election that determines the future of the United States and which direction the country takes, is it a future of authoritarian religious rule or will the United States once again become the progressive innovative industrial locomotive country that runs the world, because as it is now, you are about to dump it all down the drain and the rest of the western world doesn't want that and the people of America, when it comes down to it, don't want that either. Don't throw it all away, take the power back to the people
Kansas Grandpa Checking in. Lake Superior is a very Large Very Cold Lake. There is more Water in Lake Superior than in all other of the Great lakes Combined. I'm glad you enjoyed Minnesota.
Freighters were part of what helped build up Detroit/Flint/Toledo and other places with Iron ore mined in Minnesota sent to the refineries in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan then sent to manufacturing in the rust belt.
The thing that differs a lake from a sea is that lakes are freshwater, and seas are salt water. Yes, the great lakes are very massive. So happy you are enjoying this great nation. Those pies look delicious. Great video, thank you for sharing.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the great lake they call Gitchie Gumie. Superior it's said, never gives up her dead, When the gales of November come early.
Marie your excitement and enthusiasm is so refreshing. You’ve seen way more of my country than I have. Honestly it’s a lot more haha. If you do decide to move here we would be lucky to have you. When I saw that ship museum that you visited it made me think of the Edmund Fitzgerald which is a freighter that is famous for sinking in Lake Superior in 1975. A few minutes later that ship size comparison chart mentioned he Fitzgerald.
Watching from Canal Park in Duluth by the bridge. I work a few blocks away. Moved here as a present to myself for my 40th birthday over 20 years ago. No regrets! Really enjoyed your video, very comprehensive first day. And diplomatic not to pick a best pie.
@@ct6852 We have river otters, and mink that live in/near the water. No seals. The other mustelids living here are weasels, martins, fisher, and badger. At one time we also had wolverines.
Love that you went to see lake Superior, the Great lakes are so big you can see them from space. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Minnesota, From Florida ❤️🤟🔥💪🇺🇸
I've only been to SpiritMountain in winter for snowboarding, that coaster looks fun as well! Northern Minnesota is my all time favorite place in the world, which is why I spend part of every year near Finland, MN.
I think you would enjoy a book called “Canoeing With The Cree” by Eric Sevareid. It is his memoir of canoeing with a friend when he was a teenager from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in 1930.
I was hoping you’d come to visit us up here in Duluth! Welcome! I wonder if you know that Duluth was named after Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut, an early French explorer of the area. Also, Lake Superior was named by the French explorers (Le Lac Superieur).
Grandma's sponsors a 26 mile marathon every fall that starts up the coast near Two Harbors and ends in Duluth. Considered of of the most beautiful marathon courses in the US. All the runner slots fills up in short time. I hope you got a chance to get up to Enger Park on the bluff. There's a hundred year old stone tower with an amazing view of the harbor and Lake Superior.
Great historic area, the tower being a gift from the King Harold the fifth of Norway. And Not to mention it has the Ohara peace bell which was a spoil of war taking from a temple in Ohara Japan during WWII and later returned, and a replica was giving to Duluth by Ohara as a symbol of friendship between our cities and countries.
You sure get around the USA, and watching you and listening is so much fun! You have such a great attitude, and appreciation of what you see. My wife and I are from Minnesota (I am from many other places as well, but lived there for 13 years when growing up from my late teens, graduating from HS, going to the U of Minn, getting married, and having both of my kids). We have been to Duluth many times, and also watch the lift bridge in action! My wife is from the town of Bemidji, often the icebox (coldest) town of the country. Lake Superior looks like an ocean because it is the largest fresh water lake in the world (in area), with the Caspian Sea being the largest lake, but it is salt water. The 5 Great Lakes hold 1/5 of all the fresh water in the world! Also, I love your videos, which are most often TOO short! We now live int he Phoenix metro area, and loved your AZ videos as well. I took my brother and his g/f to the Grand Canyon in June 2023, and stayed overnight at the Village. We had a great time, and neother of them had ever been to the Grand Canyon before, and you can imagine their reaction, much as yours was! Although, you went too early, and it was still cold, still freezing. The South Rim, where you were, is at an elevation of 7,200 ft. (about 2,300 meters), so it gets wold in the non summer months. When we went in early June, it was never cold at all, and there was no snow anywhere. Keep up exploring the USA!!! By the way, my wife and I have been to France many times in the past.
Great video!!! I enjoyed watching you have fun!! Thank you for the tour ofMinnesota!! That was a beautiful blue Lamborghini (I think??)!!! And a Framboisette sighting! Fantastic :0) 🐺
I went up the north shore to the Canadian border, such beauty and fun. My work took me to St. Paul for 6 months, had a great time and went everywhere I could. Hope you have a great time.
Minnesotan here, glad you got to appreciate our humble slice of the States. Also super glad that you got to appreciate a slice of pie up on the shore; they do it right.
I have really enjoyed your Minnesota videos! I hope you got to go farther up the North Shore and got to see Grand Marais. It’s one of my family’s favorite places to travel to.
Great Lakes are so beautiful. Kind of hard to comprehend a lake that is that large. Just not what you expect when you think of a lake. That seat coaster looked rad. Always wanted to do the one up in the Alps in Europe.
To give you an idea of how big Lake Superior is, it is up to 1,300 feet deep. The country of Scotland is 80,000 square kilometers in area. If it were placed in the lake, there would still be at least 2,000 square kilometers of open water exposed!
Thanks for sharing. Things changed a bit since I was last there. Born in 1956, I grew up in Duluth. Haven't been back since 1983. The memories I could tell about growing up there. left when I was 16 to join the Thomas Carnival shows for the Summer in "73", after the Summer of working the carnival ended, I returned to join the Army. Been back 4 times, the last time was "82-83" Thanks again.
Bonjour Marie, ziplining, alpine coasters, you are quite the adventurous girl. It's enjoyable watching you do these things, I would call that boat a ship. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes, hence the name. The song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" recounts the terrible accident that happened on Lake Superior in which 29 men lost their lives. Everyone on board perished. They were sailing in terrible weather. Fantastic, fun video.
if they could have just made whitefish bay. gales of november will get ya - ya know. and they will. I still think they blew an engine and it did them in. they were overweight with ore, but I think they blew an engine. never know.
The Great Lakes are so massive that they can generate their own weather patterns. As stated by others the winter storms are deadly and the phrase lake effect snow.
@@bhswarrior94 the big lake never gives her dead from the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. great song!. I still they blew one of their enigines, as the crew was well seasondddddd.
My grandparents were from Duluth. Just made me think of Grandma saying, in her thick Minnesota accent, every time we'd visit, "Home again, home again. Jiggity jig."
The north shore of Lake Superior is my favorite area in Minnesota. I've been up there 8 times, and I can't wait to afford to go back. The blend of history and nature and culture is just superb.
Superior is give or take about half the size of the Adriatic Sea. It's a monster. All fresh water. It's the largest of the Great Lakes, as well as the deepest, coldest, and the most water volume.
Thank you for sharing my mom's birthplace. Born there in 1931, during the height of the Great Depression, had wonderful childhood experiences skiing and riding trains.
The lake was quite calm for you. It's hard to believe that boats even larger than the one you went aboard can be sunk on the lake. Big storms come up fast late in the year. At those times the lake looks like the ocean for sure!
I've been waiting for this one! My wife and I were there just over a week after you were. It was our third time in Duluth, to see the things we've missed other times. It looks like you had nicer weather. We got cold and rain.
Marie, it's awesome that you got to experience so much on your first day there! I hope you are able to get out on the water and see things from that perspective. There's just something about being out on the water that gives such a positive feeling. It's always fascinating to see your love of Mustangs. You ought to go to where they're made. Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan. I hope the rest of your trip is as awesome as this day was! Take care and keep smiling! 😃
My favorite in Duluth, was Lake Superior, and the cargo ships, I was there last weekend with my family I wanted to also go to spirit mountain, it’s been on my bucket list for a while, but I’m glad your enjoying your adventures Marie
Super fun to watch you ride the rails at Spirit Mountain! (I still need to do that.) Looking forward to your next videos Up North. This one you showed us was very fun to watch, thank you!
My family and I spend a week every summer in Two Harbors. My wife grew up vacationing in that area so it is the highlight of her year. We camp on the shore of Lake Superior, explore the shops in Two Harbors, and go to Gooseberry falls for some photos and a hike. This year we also went to Lutsen to ride the alpine slide and enjoy the views from the gondola. The highlight of the trip is always the big ships. Two Harbors has a taconite loading facility so there are always ships arriving and departing. We also make sure to go to Canal Park in Duluth to see the lift bridge and watch the ships come in and out of the harbor. There are some really big ships on the great lakes and personally I like to hear the captains salute as they pass the lift bridge. Some of the ships have very impressive horns!
I really hope you spent a little time in Grand Marais. Also a little tidbit about local geology for the Lake Superior region. The Lake Superior Agate (LSA) is one of the most expensive agates sold and the colors vary significantly based on the local geology. Agates found in the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan are quite different than the ones found on the Minnesota side. Some of my most fond memories as a kid were of searching for agates / geodes on the North Shore with my Father / sisters.
Oh good, after your reaction to seeing the stillwater lift bridge I was really hoping you would get to see ours in action 😊. And its unique look is because it started of as a transfer bridge carrying travelers accross suspended from the upper rigging.
Having completed a circle tour of Lake Superior and spent many years along its shores, I can say that you will never grow tired of her. She is simply amazing.
I’m from Michigan and the Great Lakes are the life blood of many of the people here. Many of our towns still have their French names from when they were first founded. I’m so happy to see you enjoying not just the lakes but the beautiful freighters that made these states what they are today. : )
As a Michigander that travels to Minnesota for a work a lot, it's refreshing to see the midwest getting some love for once. Usually it's always the bigger cities (NYC, LA, etc) for these types of videos. The Great Lakes are awesome! Great for sporting but you always have to keep in mind that your situation can change in a blink of an eye. Storms brew quick and can get nasty over the lakes, especially Superior.
I Ilive in Duluth and work across the harbor in Superior, Wisconsin. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. There is so much to visit and do in Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan 😊
Finally someone going to states besides New York, California, Texas and Florida.
@@sagspirit1 Yay! Saginaw!
Exactly. So many tourist traps pretending to be "America".
I feel like by "Florida" you mean Disney World and Key West.
@@jishani1 exactly!
wait????? there are other states beside Cali, NY, florida and texas?
As a Michigander who has spent most of his 40 summers on the Lakes, I have met many people from other parts of the US who say, "I didn't realize they were this big!" Which always baffled me considering maps of the US exist and the Lakes are bigger than many states.
I hope France knows what a wonderful citizen and human being they have in Marie🤘
Some of us Americans do!
At the turn of the 20th century, the port of Duluth shipped the most tonnage of any port in the world, and the city of Duluth had the most millionaires, per capita, of any city in the world
That second one is not true. Common historical myth.
The first Europeans to traverse Lake Superior were French voyageurs. They were seeking the Mythical “Northwest Passage”~the all water route across North America.
They were unaware that the passage (which lies further north) was frozen over year round at that time, due to the Little Ice Age. (It's now back to being navigable in the summer time.)
Duluth is named for Frenchman Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut who arrived in 1679 to set up fur trading routes.
I swear the people who pulled that joke on the Colonialists deserve a statue in their honor. 😂
Although evidence of Vikings can be found around the area.
@@singood7790 Yeah, they colonized Greenland in the eleventh century, before the Little Ice Age really got started; it is probable that the Northwest Passage was open for several months every year at that time. The records they kept are pretty spotty, though, so we don't know for sure how far west they reached. We know of one group that visited a landmass that probably corresponds to modern Newfoundland, but they didn't do much and just went back home. There may well have been other expeditions by other groups at other times, but we don't have written records of them.
Yep, Minnesota is a beautiful state, especially up north. Been here my whole 58 years of life, and I'll die here.
The more I see of this country, the more I am inclined to agree with you. I cannot imagine myself living anywhere else!
Me too buddy, lets hope the timberwolves take it home this year so I can die in peace hahaha
@@oliversoderberg299 Don't forget about our Vikes!!!
Same!!!
61 here and yes staying here
I love seeing people enjoy our great state o lakes! Minnesooooota!
I love that she ignored the Lamborghini and the vintage pick-up that passed on her side and was 100% locked on the Mustang.
I think I also saw a Camaro.
The vintage truck was amazing! My dad would be proud for his mustang club! 😄
Geeezzzz... I thought I was lucky to be a truck driver for 10 years thinking: "I got all around the USA" but you girl, are re-defining "getting around the USA".
You're crawling around all the nooks and crannies of America! I LOVE IT!!!
You could not be more right..."lake" just doesn't seem a strong enough word for a body of water this massive. Your personal coaster ride through a breath-taking landscape, the superb food you're finding everywhere, the USS William A. Irvin floating as a reminder of its proud legacy, every bit of what you've seen and done here and elsewhere a testament to the daily workings of beautiful, functional environments. At a glance, some of it might seem ordinary, yet it's so much more than that. People make it all happen, and people like you enjoying it is what it's all about.
Going over the hill and seeing all of Duluth is the best view in the state, imho.
Agreed. Also cool to come up 35W North in Burnsville right before dropping into the river valley and see the whole Mpls skyline from 12 miles out.
Look up the song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, about a freighter that capsized in 1975.
Finally! I was waiting for your comment.
"Gitchi-Gami" @11:04 is included in the song.
The size comparison from the Irvin actually shows the Fitzgerald
Minesota's titanic.
I think Duluth is the most under-rated and interesting place you have been in America
Thank you for showcasing our great state of Minnesota!
Don’t let Lake Superior bewitch you with her beauty, that’s how she gets you! Her raw power has brought down hundreds of ships, and claimed thousands of lives. Still my favorite place in the world though, love from Monticello, MN!
Yep. White Squalls are quite common on the Great Lakes.
Think huricane force winds that come out of nothing and can sink a ship in minutes if they hit wrong
I was a research scientist who spent almost 9 years studying the Laurentian Great Lakes -Superior being one of them-and, as it turned out., other large lake ecosystems across the globe. I will always look back on those years with unrelenting gratitude. I’ve loved the Great Lakes my entire life and I sought to study them to give back some of the love they so generously shared with me. With that said, venture away from pies and other commercial distractions and sit upon Superior’s shores in peace. If you’re able to do so, you, like many of us who have learned to “listen,” will hear her unforgettable voice too. And once you’ve experienced it firsthand, you’ll never be quite the same. Thank you so much for letting me see you experience Superior’s
majesty for the very first time. [Edited slightly for clarity]
Betty’s Pies was great for many years. Then a new owner took over and it isn’t so good. Now I drive past Betty’s and stop at the Rustic Inn.
This
Ya, my wife and I always make a poke at each other every time we drive by. Wanna get some pie? As we glance at the full parking lot of tourists and laugh. But it was really good many years ago.
100% agree
Exactly. The worst apple pie I ever had.
Yep
I've been sailing on Lake Michigan before and yes, once you get a certain distance out, you see nothing but water all around you. It definitely feels like being out on the ocean.
Your videos of Minnesota are the highlight of my day. I can't wait for the next one.
Anybody notice the Lamborghini in front of the white mustang and watching her enjoy the mustang more was awesome lol. 😂
Lake Superior is truly impressive.
As a Minnesotan who has been to the south of France/Mediterranean coast, it is so fun to see someone from France enjoying their time in my home state, much the same as I enjoyed my time across the pond.
What a beautiful area
Betty’s Pies!!
Lived in a few places, but MN really is the best. Even with MN's brutal winters, there's still so much to do and so much life during that time. People who question this state just don't know what they're talking about. If I had to pick a second place spot, I would probably pick San Diego, but California's cost of living, homeless issues, and other problems really detract from its appeal. You really get so much bang for your buck in MN. Love this place.
brutal winters. that;s just MN talk. they are not that brutal at all. heck, even the lakes barely freeze over any longer. But i'm a fairbanks, AK transplant. Love MN.
@@hawks2252 Living just north of the twin cities, we literally had to turn our central air conditioning on in January. 😳
Climate change is changing our winters but -60 below in the north east corner is still rough.
Thanks for not constantly bashing the US. Just came from another French You Tuber and the comments were nothing but hate for the US. People that have never been here saying how awful it is. Thanks for an open mind.
No country is perfect but look at people getting k*lled, including children in schools, lack of rights for the working class, inequality not least in health, corruption where the rich can buy both politicians and judges, the American population is getting dumber and dumber every year as the education system is underfunded in all the areas where the rich don't live and it is almost impossible for the smart but poor to get a proper education for the benefit of the country.
It's not because we hate the USA, we just think that you have the opportunity to develop your entire society not only for the benefit of the rich but for everyone so that the country has a good future where everyone is treated fairly regardless of income.
There was a time when in many countries we looked up to the USA and especially in the West, but that is over as development has stagnated and in many areas has gone backwards.
It may yet be saved, but it is this election that determines the future of the United States and which direction the country takes, is it a future of authoritarian religious rule or will the United States once again become the progressive innovative industrial locomotive country that runs the world, because as it is now, you are about to dump it all down the drain and the rest of the western world doesn't want that and the people of America, when it comes down to it, don't want that either.
Don't throw it all away, take the power back to the people
Lake Superior does like to act like an inland sea, especially in the winter. It has high ambitions.
Kansas Grandpa Checking in. Lake Superior is a very Large Very Cold Lake. There is more Water in Lake Superior than in all other of the Great lakes Combined. I'm glad you enjoyed Minnesota.
Freighters were part of what helped build up Detroit/Flint/Toledo and other places with Iron ore mined in Minnesota sent to the refineries in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan then sent to manufacturing in the rust belt.
The thing that differs a lake from a sea is that lakes are freshwater, and seas are salt water. Yes, the great lakes are very massive. So happy you are enjoying this great nation. Those pies look delicious. Great video, thank you for sharing.
Ever heard of the Sea of Galilee or the Great Salt Lake? People name things in an arbitrary way not by some set of rules.
@@DM-dn7rf Very true, there are many exceptions.
@@DM-dn7rf Or the Aral Sea, which doesn't even have any water in it but used to be a fresh water lake.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down,
Of the great lake they call Gitchie Gumie.
Superior it's said, never gives up her dead,
When the gales of November come early.
Marie your excitement and enthusiasm is so refreshing. You’ve seen way more of my country than I have. Honestly it’s a lot more haha. If you do decide to move here we would be lucky to have you. When I saw that ship museum that you visited it made me think of the Edmund Fitzgerald which is a freighter that is famous for sinking in Lake Superior in 1975. A few minutes later that ship size comparison chart mentioned he Fitzgerald.
Duluth and Lake Superior look so amazing! Lovely content Marie!
Watching from Canal Park in Duluth by the bridge. I work a few blocks away. Moved here as a present to myself for my 40th birthday over 20 years ago. No regrets!
Really enjoyed your video, very comprehensive first day.
And diplomatic not to pick a best pie.
Welcome to my home on Lake Superior, Marie!
Maybe a dumb question...but could seals or otters survive in the lakes?
@@ct6852 we got martens and fishers. Don’t know about seals and otters.
@@ct6852 We have river otters, and mink that live in/near the water. No seals. The other mustelids living here are weasels, martins, fisher, and badger. At one time we also had wolverines.
Thanks for visiting our state. I hope you made it up to the International Wolf and International Bear Centers in Ely while you were up north.
Love that you went to see lake Superior, the Great lakes are so big you can see them from space. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Minnesota, From Florida ❤️🤟🔥💪🇺🇸
I've only been to SpiritMountain in winter for snowboarding, that coaster looks fun as well! Northern Minnesota is my all time favorite place in the world, which is why I spend part of every year near Finland, MN.
I think you would enjoy a book called “Canoeing With The Cree” by Eric Sevareid. It is his memoir of canoeing with a friend when he was a teenager from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in 1930.
I was hoping you’d come to visit us up here in Duluth! Welcome! I wonder if you know that Duluth was named after Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut, an early French explorer of the area. Also, Lake Superior was named by the French explorers (Le Lac Superieur).
Grandma's sponsors a 26 mile marathon every fall that starts up the coast near Two Harbors and ends in Duluth. Considered of of the most beautiful marathon courses in the US. All the runner slots fills up in short time. I hope you got a chance to get up to Enger Park on the bluff. There's a hundred year old stone tower with an amazing view of the harbor and Lake Superior.
Great historic area, the tower being a gift from the King Harold the fifth of Norway. And Not to mention it has the Ohara peace bell which was a spoil of war taking from a temple in Ohara Japan during WWII and later returned, and a replica was giving to Duluth by Ohara as a symbol of friendship between our cities and countries.
I’m so happy you got to experience my home town of Duluth.
I was born in Two Harbors. Literally right down the road from Betty’s Pies. Glad the north shore lives up to expectations.
The zenith city of the unsalted sea. The twin ports is the largest freshwater seaport in the world. Happy you came to visit!
You sure get around the USA, and watching you and listening is so much fun! You have such a great attitude, and appreciation of what you see. My wife and I are from Minnesota (I am from many other places as well, but lived there for 13 years when growing up from my late teens, graduating from HS, going to the U of Minn, getting married, and having both of my kids). We have been to Duluth many times, and also watch the lift bridge in action! My wife is from the town of Bemidji, often the icebox (coldest) town of the country. Lake Superior looks like an ocean because it is the largest fresh water lake in the world (in area), with the Caspian Sea being the largest lake, but it is salt water. The 5 Great Lakes hold 1/5 of all the fresh water in the world! Also, I love your videos, which are most often TOO short!
We now live int he Phoenix metro area, and loved your AZ videos as well. I took my brother and his g/f to the Grand Canyon in June 2023, and stayed overnight at the Village. We had a great time, and neother of them had ever been to the Grand Canyon before, and you can imagine their reaction, much as yours was! Although, you went too early, and it was still cold, still freezing. The South Rim, where you were, is at an elevation of 7,200 ft. (about 2,300 meters), so it gets wold in the non summer months. When we went in early June, it was never cold at all, and there was no snow anywhere.
Keep up exploring the USA!!! By the way, my wife and I have been to France many times in the past.
Great video!!! I enjoyed watching you have fun!! Thank you for the tour ofMinnesota!! That was a beautiful blue Lamborghini (I think??)!!! And a Framboisette sighting! Fantastic :0) 🐺
I love Duluth & I love seeing you enjoy your visit there!
I went up the north shore to the Canadian border, such beauty and fun. My work took me to St. Paul for 6 months, had a great time and went everywhere I could. Hope you have a great time.
And there are surfers on Lake superior! Especially in Winter! Yes, they are crazy.
One of my History mentors moved from Princeton just for the wind surfing. I’ve lived here all my life and I still find it crazy.
The North Shore is so beautiful in the fall when the leaves change. Hotels and campgrounds get booked well in advance.
Duluth, my hometown! Thank you. I grew up at the foot of Spirit Mountain!
Minnesotan here, glad you got to appreciate our humble slice of the States. Also super glad that you got to appreciate a slice of pie up on the shore; they do it right.
I have really enjoyed your Minnesota videos! I hope you got to go farther up the North Shore and got to see Grand Marais. It’s one of my family’s favorite places to travel to.
that ride down the hill looked FUN! 😁 hard to believe that is a lake! 😳great video, thank you! 👍☺
I love the fact that an exotic drives by and she focuses on the Mustang behind it and says "Beauty!"
Great Lakes are so beautiful. Kind of hard to comprehend a lake that is that large. Just not what you expect when you think of a lake. That seat coaster looked rad. Always wanted to do the one up in the Alps in Europe.
Superior is the second largest lake in the world by surface area, the largest fresh-water lake, and the fourth largest lake in volume.
To give you an idea of how big Lake Superior is, it is up to 1,300 feet deep. The country of Scotland is 80,000 square kilometers in area. If it were placed in the lake, there would still be at least 2,000 square kilometers of open water exposed!
Thanks for sharing. Things changed a bit since I was last there. Born in 1956, I grew up in Duluth. Haven't been back since 1983. The memories I could tell about growing up there. left when I was 16 to join the Thomas Carnival shows for the Summer in "73", after the Summer of working the carnival ended, I returned to join the Army. Been back 4 times, the last time was "82-83" Thanks again.
Hey, you were in Duluth! I've lived here since 1997. I'm glad you had fun!
What a beautiful area! Thank you for sharing your travels, I love seeing your adventures.
Bonjour Marie, ziplining, alpine coasters, you are quite the adventurous girl. It's enjoyable watching you do these things,
I would call that boat a ship. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes, hence the name. The song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" recounts the terrible accident that happened on Lake Superior in which 29 men lost their lives. Everyone on board perished. They were sailing in terrible weather.
Fantastic, fun video.
The winter storms on Lake Superior can be fairly nasty. VERY nasty for a lake. Though of course it has nothing on e.g. the Drake Passage.
if they could have just made whitefish bay. gales of november will get ya - ya know. and they will. I still think they blew an engine and it did them in. they were overweight with ore, but I think they blew an engine. never know.
The Great Lakes are so massive that they can generate their own weather patterns. As stated by others the winter storms are deadly and the phrase lake effect snow.
The legend lives from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
@@bhswarrior94 the big lake never gives her dead from the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. great song!. I still they blew one of their enigines, as the crew was well seasondddddd.
My grandparents were from Duluth. Just made me think of Grandma saying, in her thick Minnesota accent, every time we'd visit, "Home again, home again. Jiggity jig."
Looked like a great day. Hope you enjoyed yourself. Stay well and be safe.
The north shore of Lake Superior is my favorite area in Minnesota. I've been up there 8 times, and I can't wait to afford to go back. The blend of history and nature and culture is just superb.
Superior is give or take about half the size of the Adriatic Sea. It's a monster. All fresh water.
It's the largest of the Great Lakes, as well as the deepest, coldest, and the most water volume.
Thank you for sharing my mom's birthplace. Born there in 1931, during the height of the Great Depression, had wonderful childhood experiences skiing and riding trains.
The lake was quite calm for you. It's hard to believe that boats even larger than the one you went aboard can be sunk on the lake. Big storms come up fast late in the year. At those times the lake looks like the ocean for sure!
When the gales of November come early . . .
Just remember there are five great lakes.. Each one is an adventure to sail. and explore.
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing, Deluth is very photogenic. Such a fact, the Great Lakes are like landlocked seas.
I've been waiting for this one! My wife and I were there just over a week after you were. It was our third time in Duluth, to see the things we've missed other times. It looks like you had nicer weather. We got cold and rain.
I've lived here my whole life, and that first glimpse of Superior still takes my breath away every single time.
So cool! I have been to Wisco and Minnisota and all of the other Great Lakes but never superier! So nice to see it.
I was born and raised in Duluth! This made me so homesick.
The North Shore of MN is one of my favorite places in the world. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Great video! Welcome to our humble state.
Marie, it's awesome that you got to experience so much on your first day there! I hope you are able to get out on the water and see things from that perspective. There's just something about being out on the water that gives such a positive feeling. It's always fascinating to see your love of Mustangs. You ought to go to where they're made. Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
I hope the rest of your trip is as awesome as this day was! Take care and keep smiling! 😃
1969 Chevelle SS, nice!
My favorite in Duluth, was Lake Superior, and the cargo ships, I was there last weekend with my family I wanted to also go to spirit mountain, it’s been on my bucket list for a while, but I’m glad your enjoying your adventures Marie
Nature and cool cars, recipe for a good time. Driving around in our snow season is really fun with the right car.
Super fun to watch you ride the rails at Spirit Mountain! (I still need to do that.) Looking forward to your next videos Up North. This one you showed us was very fun to watch, thank you!
Fun ride, big ship, beautiful lake, I loved :-)
My family and I spend a week every summer in Two Harbors. My wife grew up vacationing in that area so it is the highlight of her year. We camp on the shore of Lake Superior, explore the shops in Two Harbors, and go to Gooseberry falls for some photos and a hike. This year we also went to Lutsen to ride the alpine slide and enjoy the views from the gondola. The highlight of the trip is always the big ships. Two Harbors has a taconite loading facility so there are always ships arriving and departing. We also make sure to go to Canal Park in Duluth to see the lift bridge and watch the ships come in and out of the harbor. There are some really big ships on the great lakes and personally I like to hear the captains salute as they pass the lift bridge. Some of the ships have very impressive horns!
The Minnesota North Shore and Duluth are two of my favorite places in America, I'm really glad you were able to spend some quality time there! ❤
I really hope you spent a little time in Grand Marais. Also a little tidbit about local geology for the Lake Superior region. The Lake Superior Agate (LSA) is one of the most expensive agates sold and the colors vary significantly based on the local geology. Agates found in the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan are quite different than the ones found on the Minnesota side. Some of my most fond memories as a kid were of searching for agates / geodes on the North Shore with my Father / sisters.
Oh good, after your reaction to seeing the stillwater lift bridge I was really hoping you would get to see ours in action 😊. And its unique look is because it started of as a transfer bridge carrying travelers accross suspended from the upper rigging.
so glad you got to experience the north shore
Beautiful area. Glad you are having fun.
This was great!
Having completed a circle tour of Lake Superior and spent many years along its shores, I can say that you will never grow tired of her. She is simply amazing.
Great having 2 videos a week. Keep on having fun!
I’m from Michigan and the Great Lakes are the life blood of many of the people here. Many of our towns still have their French names from when they were first founded. I’m so happy to see you enjoying not just the lakes but the beautiful freighters that made these states what they are today. : )
I live in duluth I love hearing the bridge and the ships talk to each other
I have watched quite a few youtubers come and visit the U.S. I am impressed with the variety of places you're exploring.
Ahh welcome to my old home town. I hope you went all the way up the north shore. A lot of beauty and history including French explorers.
As a Michigander that travels to Minnesota for a work a lot, it's refreshing to see the midwest getting some love for once. Usually it's always the bigger cities (NYC, LA, etc) for these types of videos. The Great Lakes are awesome! Great for sporting but you always have to keep in mind that your situation can change in a blink of an eye. Storms brew quick and can get nasty over the lakes, especially Superior.
Once again a great video to Minnesota.Thank you.😜😜😜😜
I Ilive in Duluth and work across the harbor in Superior, Wisconsin. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. There is so much to visit and do in Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan 😊
They turn that big gigantic boat into a haunted ship in October! I went to college in Duluth and that was always a good time!
Rustic Inn over Betty's Pies! The Rustic Inn is worth the trip... Soooooo gooooooood.
Thanks for coming to Minnesota, you’re welcome back anytime!😄