Elmer Engman, our Duluth correspondent, reports that Duluth saw its first cruise ship of the season, the VIKING OCTANTIS. She was built in 2021 and is 673 feet long.

She is not only the first cruise ship in port but the first to dock at the rebuilt dock and sea wall in front of the convention center. 

Cruise ships before had to anchor in the bay and use the ship’s tender to get passengers ashore.

Also at the same dock is the harbor cruise boat the VISTA STAR. If you are in the area, you can find out more about cruises at Vistafleet.com.

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.