Elmer Engman, our Duluth correspondent, reports that May 30th was a busy day for vessel traffic in Duluth.

The first arrival was the 1000 foot BURNS HARBOR headed to the CN ore dock to load a cargo of taconite.

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Built in 1980 by the Bay Shipbuilding Corporation at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., the BURNS HARBOR sailed on its maiden voyage light from Sturgeon Bay on September 28, 1980 to Superior to load iron ore pellets.

She was originally owned by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Great Lakes Steamship Division. The vessel was named for the firm’s newest fully-integrated steelmaking complex located at Burns Harbor, Indiana. American Steamship Company bought her in 2005 and currently owns and operates her.

Photos by Elmer Engman

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Elmer Engman is a long time resident of the Duluth area. He started scuba diving in 1968, because of an interest in maritime history, and wrote the first dive guide for the area called, Shipwreck Guide to the Western Half of Lake Superior. He is a past board member of the SS Meteor Maritime Museum and the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association. He is also the founder of the Maritime history program called “Gales of November”. This will be the 38th of the program held on the second weekend in November.