Stream the Duluth Ship Canal live cam overlooking the Aerial Lift Bridge. Catch ore boats, salties, and classic Great Lakes freighters arriving and departing in real time—horn salutes and all. Scroll for tips on the best times to watch, how to ID ships, and canal weather notes.
Duluth Canal Cam FAQ
What is the best time to watch ship arrivals?
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Morning and late afternoon often bring multiple transits, but arrivals happen all day. Watch when winds turn onshore for dramatic entries.
What does the horn salute mean at the Duluth canal?
It’s the traditional Ambassador Salute: three long blasts and two short blasts exchanged between ship and bridge as a friendly greeting.
How can I tell a Laker from a salty?
Lakers commonly have a self-unloading boom on deck and run Great Lakes routes; salties (ocean-going ships) tend to have deck cranes and different hull lines.
Where is the Duluth Canal Cam located?
The camera overlooks the Duluth Ship Canal and Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, MN, providing a live view of vessels entering and leaving the harbor.
Can I rewatch a specific arrival?
Use the stream’s DVR/rewind if available, and check our recent posts for timestamps, photos, and ship details.
Find out more about the history of the canal and the cities of Duluth, MN and Superior, WI, make a donation or learn about the Corps of Engineers’ Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center by visiting lsmma.com
Lift Bridge Cam
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Duluth Canal Cam
What to Watch Today
- Bridge lifts & horn salutes: listen for the three-long, two-short Ambassador Salute when ships greet the bridge.
- Ship IDs: look for hull color, self-unloader booms, and crane count to tell Lakers from salties.
- Wind & waves: easterlies kick up waves at the canal — dramatic entries & spray.
Pics from yesterday
viking
Going somewhere
Walked across the lift bridge
Beautiful….You saw the ship and toured Duluth, so you must be happy.have a good day ! Thank you !💙
Yes I am very happy. I just wish I could have seen a cargo ship come or go
You”ll see😃
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Good morning Ardyth ♥
Wow…..how exciting. Always thought it would be a nice walk.
Thank you for pictures. Continue to have a great time.
Thanks TEA I still had fun even though I didn’t see a cargo ship but that was kind of disappointing
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It was fun even if I didnt see a ship. It was cold – only 64’ with mist and fog.
cool!
Fantastic- thanks Ardy !🤗
our very own celebrity 🌵
Nice close up. 😍
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Thanks Deborah
For Deborah
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🤗
I saw you take those pictures!
Did you
Yep and I thought, that’s Ardy! Takes pictures of everything! Magic with the camera.
That is, what i thought, too, lol.
I even told my hubby : she has pictures of everything since her childhood. So cute. 😃.
And we all love her pics ! ❣️.
We sure do. She is very creative and frames photos in a good way.
Yes she is and she does.🙂.
Hi Gabi! She goes home tomorrow.
Then you all have her again, lol.
Safe travels for ardy !😘.
Yes even though she lives far from me I miss her when she is gone! I can talk privately with her if I want. I won’t do that when she is gone unless it is something I think she really wants to know, not just me wanting to talk.
Yes, i know you miss her. Ardy is one nice and loyal lady. I like her, too.🙂.
Eating now
Out or at JoAnn’s?
In Duluth
The food wasn’t very good…sadly
JoAnn Me
My hair was a mess. It was cold and windy in Duluth
2 pretty ladies.🙂
I knew you must have been feeling the cold.
Hair not a mess….♥
😘😍, it was so nice, to see you.
Did she ever come back on cam after about 12:25? That is about the last time I saw her.
Ardy, i saw you ! 🙂😘.
My hubby saw you, too.😃.
Oh nice Gabi
🙂😘
That long white coat was the right thing to wear to pick her out at a distance.
Thanks, debbie, for the time when ardy came on cam. I saw it on rewind, because i was shopping when she was live. Agree with the coat.
Hi , all you duluth-cam- watchers !🙂.
It was fun seeing her, how she walks.
It was.
How I walk? Lol
Like a Princess.
Long sweater coat. It was windy and cold