I always feel like a five-year-old kid when I see a freighter on the Detroit River.
Have I seen the freighter before along the Detroit River?
Or passing through the Soo Locks? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Maumee Freighter on the Detroit River
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Photo of the Week: Mississagi Freighter on the Detroit River
While I do a fair amount of bird watching at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, one of other hobbies I enjoy while I’m on the island is watching the freighters on the Detroit River.
It’s fun to see the Algowood in the fog or Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder traveling the waters on their way upbound to the Soo Locks or downbound to Windsor or cities further south.
This weekend I saw the Mississagi freighter on one of its last trips for the season, downbound on the Detroit River shipping channel to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mississagi Freighter on the Detroit River
Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays
Great Lakes freighters pass by Belle Isle State Park, an island in the Detroit River north of downtown Detroit, regularly as they deliver raw materials to ports on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. But it’s not often you see a Great Lakes freighter celebrating the holiday season with a Christmas tree onboard, as… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays