I grew up in Duluth. I remember storms when my friends an I would walked along the rocks above the beach on Park Point. That was years ago before I-35 was build through Duluth. I also remember a couple of teen boys who were swept off the pier you were sitting by. They were messing around out by the light house. As I recall, they never did find their bodies. They say Superior never gives up her dead when the winds of November comes early. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
@weeeeeedd The waves only get this big when it is extremely windy like when we have these storms. People do try to go surfing when its like this on Park Point, but its dangerous since the temperature of the water is probably in the 40s? Lake Superior is the most dangerous body of water in the world.
I love Duluth so much. Imagine living there and getting to see this in person? I live in southern Minnesota but I'm thinking of transferring to UM Duluth so I can live there.
I have been vacationing to Little Girl's Point since I was a child, I am 51 now, and we finally purchased a family cottage 5 miles into the UP pf Michigan , I have been on that lake with a friend in an aluminum canoe and saw schools of HUGE lake trout east in the bay of the lake from below the bluffs of the campground down where the sandy beach ends and turns into boulders where we could look 30-40 feet down in crystal clear water.
I took a friend with me to the cottage Dad bought in the UP, a mile from Little Girl's Point, the lake was as smooth as glass we took an aluminum canoe out in the bay and as hard as he fought to go further from shore, I demanded we stay close, Dad pulled the truck to the boat ramp no sooner than we got the canoe out of the water that the rain started and we got soaked within less than a minute hauling the canoe only 70 feet from shore, lightning struck out in the lake a moment later
I shot a video just like this a couple years ago when I went back up there. When I came back down to VA I showed some people and told them it was Lake Superior. They didn't believe me, they thought it was the ocean.
I looked at my friend and as we pulled the canoe out of the water I felt a rain drop when we hit shore , Dad was waiting for us as he and I both knew, but as we hauled the canoe back to the truck about 50 feet when all of a sudden the sky opened up Raining cats and dogs and buckets and hammers of hell lightning and thunder came to give us a good show (all within 10 seconds)
The lake was as smooth as glass barely even a ripple of a wave on shore and as I kept us within 50 feet of shore we neared Oman's Creek where there is a place to put boats in and such , now there is also a DNR boat landing too, I looked at my friend and as we pulled the canoe out of the water I felt a rain drop when we hit shore ,
seconds) and we had gotten drenched to the bone with a pouring of rain as we all safely took off from the boat landing in Dad's truck my friend was amazed to see the lightning strike out in the water on the lake (not a good place to be in an aluminum canoe right?) And as we neared the cottage and the lightning kept striking below the bluff about 30 feet towards the lake he kept asking how did I know ? I looked at him and said ,
Okay, yes we all heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The only reason it's remembered is because somebody wrote a song about it. Ever hear about the Daniel J. Morrell? It sank on Lake Huron, one man lived to tell the tale and it's a more interesting story than the Fitz I'll tell you. Not to disrespect the men on the Fitz but lots of boats have sunk on the Lakes. A lot of good men never made it home. It's a shame nobody wrote a song for them.
yeah the great lakes can be more dangerous than the oceans at times, especially in specific ways such as freshwater is less dense therefore everything sinks easier on it than saltwater. Plus how much colder the water is than most of the oceans except for certain parts closer to the Arctic and Ant-Arctic. Plus much smaller bodies of water mean it gets rough faster and shorter distance between waves. In the end its all relative though
@cichyALBUSprod I have sailed the Pacifc Northwest for 20 years and grew up sailing Superior. I have never been in more dire situations than I have been on that so called "lake". Think inland sea, it is a lake as big as Kentucky, short wave lengths, 40 footers have been reported. Three sisters will getcha. Getting ready for another season out of Bayfield!
, "You don't want to mess with nature"the next morning I found he was gone but out picking wild strawberries and when he came back with his hat full of them I said hey share those and dumped 1/2 of them on my cheerio's , boy those are good
That is where your wrong my friend. Superior has some of the deadliest rip tides and under tows I have ever seen. Its not in common to see whirlpools either or water spouts coming off the lake. As most people believe that Superior is a lake because it has lake in the name it is far from it. Lake Superior is actually an inland fresh water sea. During the last ice age as the sheets were drawing back over the land the glaciers carved out huge pieces of earth leaving behind lake superior.
@jjhendo Yes I agree it is the most dangerous, sailed it since I was a kid. After years in Seattle I am back and looking forward to sailing Superior again!
@bill739 - on the Thunder Bay side of the Lake, it's common knowledge that you can finally swim in the lake the first weekend of September and not have to wear a suit. Cheers.
You don't play with the big Girl Gitchee Gumi ever. She'll take your feet out and take you away on a "good" day in June. Not a water beastie to be toyed with- ever.
As for my friend who I had to keep reminding him that I was going to stay near shore no matter his feeble attempts to be stupid and paddle out further into the lake during which there were long fingers of fog rolling in , Ah Yes The calm before the storm ,
@lancetop or look at other videos on youtube of 1000 foot ships or Lakers as we call them here or even the Salties (smaller ocean going vessels that come and go from the Atlantic Ocean) getting hammered out in the middle of the Lake. Inland Sea is a far more appropriate term, just needs salt! :)
Big storms on great bodies of water is mother earth's way of showing us just how small we are and how humble we should be.
Humble, yes. But I don't believe in mother earth religion
Great video! Those waves in the actual canal look to be maybe 10ft high. Thanks for posting
I grew up in Duluth. I remember storms when my friends an I would walked along the rocks above the beach on Park Point. That was years ago before I-35 was build through Duluth. I also remember a couple of teen boys who were swept off the pier you were sitting by. They were messing around out by the light house. As I recall, they never did find their bodies. They say Superior never gives up her dead when the winds of November comes early. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Awesome! I grew up sailing on Lake Michigan. This brings back so many memories. Great video. Thank you!
I live in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, and, believe me, a big lake, like Superior, can be mean! Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald?
@weeeeeedd The waves only get this big when it is extremely windy like when we have these storms. People do try to go surfing when its like this on Park Point, but its dangerous since the temperature of the water is probably in the 40s? Lake Superior is the most dangerous body of water in the world.
I love Duluth so much. Imagine living there and getting to see this in person? I live in southern Minnesota but I'm thinking of transferring to UM Duluth so I can live there.
Korinna Beckenbauer C’mon up! I live in the cities now but still come up once in awhile.
I have been vacationing to Little Girl's Point since I was a child, I am 51 now, and we finally purchased a family cottage 5 miles into the UP pf Michigan , I have been on that lake with a friend in an aluminum canoe and saw schools of HUGE lake trout east in the bay of the lake from below the bluffs of the campground down where the sandy beach ends and turns into boulders where we could look 30-40 feet down in crystal clear water.
I took a friend with me to the cottage Dad bought in the UP, a mile from Little Girl's Point, the lake was as smooth as glass we took an aluminum canoe out in the bay and as hard as he fought to go further from shore, I demanded we stay close, Dad pulled the truck to the boat ramp no sooner than we got the canoe out of the water that the rain started and we got soaked within less than a minute hauling the canoe only 70 feet from shore, lightning struck out in the lake a moment later
I give this video the top rating available. Thank you for posting.
Great video and love the music! Funny ending!
I would like to go there sometime. I love weather like that
this is exactly 12 years old
The music is the best part of this video lol made me think of an old cheesy Halloween film lol I love my Great Lakes State
If anyone doubts how angry Superior can get, look up the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I miss Duluth! Hope to move there as soon as I find a job there! For now, Moorhead will have to do...something to look forward to though!! :)
I shot a video just like this a couple years ago when I went back up there. When I came back down to VA I showed some people and told them it was Lake Superior. They didn't believe me, they thought it was the ocean.
I looked at my friend and as we pulled the canoe out of the water I felt a rain drop when we hit shore , Dad was waiting for us as he and I both knew, but as we hauled the canoe back to the truck about 50 feet when all of a sudden the sky opened up Raining cats and dogs and buckets and hammers of hell lightning and thunder came to give us a good show (all within 10 seconds)
I can't believe a lake can produce that big of waves.
not just any lake, Lake Superior, the largest of the great lakes, which are all inland freshwater seas
The lake was as smooth as glass barely even a ripple of a wave on shore and as I kept us within 50 feet of shore we neared Oman's Creek where there is a place to put boats in and such , now there is also a DNR boat landing too, I looked at my friend and as we pulled the canoe out of the water I felt a rain drop when we hit shore ,
seconds) and we had gotten drenched to the bone with a pouring of rain as we all safely took off from the boat landing in Dad's truck my friend was amazed to see the lightning strike out in the water on the lake (not a good place to be in an aluminum canoe right?) And as we neared the cottage and the lightning kept striking below the bluff about 30 feet towards the lake he kept asking how did I know ? I looked at him and said ,
the man was fortunate to have survived a rogue wave of that magnitude and velocity.
jeezes this freaks me out. I LOVE LAKE SUPERIOR!!
Okay, yes we all heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The only reason it's remembered is because somebody wrote a song about it. Ever hear about the Daniel J. Morrell? It sank on Lake Huron,
one man lived to tell the tale and it's a more interesting story than the Fitz I'll tell you. Not to disrespect the men on the Fitz but lots of boats have sunk on the Lakes. A lot of good men never made it home. It's a shame nobody wrote a song for them.
I have heard of it, actually. Thank you for reminding me.
yeah the great lakes can be more dangerous than the oceans at times, especially in specific ways such as freshwater is less dense therefore everything sinks easier on it than saltwater. Plus how much colder the water is than most of the oceans except for certain parts closer to the Arctic and Ant-Arctic. Plus much smaller bodies of water mean it gets rough faster and shorter distance between waves. In the end its all relative though
@@jjhendo look up the song on TH-cam, It's called The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
I miss the Great Lakes, and I miss the upper peninsula.
I think that "Lake" Superior is not really a lake at all, but an inland sea.
it is, it's the biggest Lake in the world. it's actually bigger than all 4 of the other great lakes combined and then some
I thought Lake Baikal in Russia was bigger.
length wise maybe
But not overall size
Ok nevermind, yeah it's the largest by volume in the world, and it's the deepest. But as far as surface area it's the 7th largest
@cichyALBUSprod I have sailed the Pacifc Northwest for 20 years and grew up sailing Superior. I have never been in more dire situations than I have been on that so called "lake". Think inland sea, it is a lake as big as Kentucky, short wave lengths, 40 footers have been reported. Three sisters will getcha. Getting ready for another season out of Bayfield!
, "You don't want to mess with nature"the next morning I found he was gone but out picking wild strawberries and when he came back with his hat full of them I said hey share those and dumped 1/2 of them on my cheerio's , boy those are good
I LOVE THAT LAKE!
That is where your wrong my friend. Superior has some of the deadliest rip tides and under tows I have ever seen. Its not in common to see whirlpools either or water spouts coming off the lake. As most people believe that Superior is a lake because it has lake in the name it is far from it. Lake Superior is actually an inland fresh water sea. During the last ice age as the sheets were drawing back over the land the glaciers carved out huge pieces of earth leaving behind lake superior.
Love it. We're they surfing that day too? I usually take my waverunner out on days like that over by the U.P.
@jjhendo Yes I agree it is the most dangerous, sailed it since I was a kid. After years in Seattle I am back and looking forward to sailing Superior again!
@bill739 - on the Thunder Bay side of the Lake, it's common knowledge that you can finally swim in the lake the first weekend of September and not have to wear a suit. Cheers.
whats the name of the song playing
@Sadielynnification Yeah, so do I. I had to move to North Dakota to find work. Where are you?
You don't play with the big Girl Gitchee Gumi ever. She'll take your feet out and take you away on a "good" day in June. Not a water beastie to be toyed with- ever.
As for my friend who I had to keep reminding him that I was going to stay near shore no matter his feeble attempts to be stupid and paddle out further into the lake during which there were long fingers of fog rolling in , Ah Yes The calm before the storm ,
lmao i thought the title was something flying out of the lake XD
I miss home :-(
THE FURY THE FEAR!o and i also like the song:)
"All aboard!!"
They say she never gives up her dead when gales of November come early.
Video is great, music is distracting.
@lancetop or look at other videos on youtube of 1000 foot ships or Lakers as we call them here or even the Salties (smaller ocean going vessels that come and go from the Atlantic Ocean) getting hammered out in the middle of the Lake. Inland Sea is a far more appropriate term, just needs salt! :)
@pmoyer50 Your most welcome.
Surf's up dude!!!
Where is this? Is that Thunder Bay?
we swim in these waves all the time lol
@bill739im from Michigan. and i live one hour away from Lake Superior the best time is probably the middle of june until the middle of august.
Why is this Lake so angry!!!
Crazy!
ok, ok, who pissed off lake superior this time?
@garbaiped Yeah, it was kinda on its last legs anyway though. LOL.
Duluth, Minnesota
I saw at 00:22 evidence that some pigs live in the area.:-(
@jjhendo Well, I guess they can!
Someone tell Lake Superior that she's not an ocean and to stop pretending!
Great video but the music is obtrusive and distracting.
It’s from TH-cam of another era..
@Sadielynnification live in fl now
@cichyALBUSprod Well, the Greatest of the Great Lakes can!! ;-D
My favorite part is when that person gets hit :D
Americano ganha dinheiro do mundo dramatizando as coisas. Ouça o fundo musical. Precisa isso tudo!!
lame
Loud, stupid music
Ikr