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This was just posted by an individual at a community website, Perfect Duluth Day. It's a video of his grandpa traveling from Duluth to Isle Royale in 1928:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9epUrVV_3E#![/youtube]

The boat appears to be the Hamonic.

They appear to be in the Rock Harbor area, although the start of it looks like it could of been the North Gap area. However, at about 6:30 or so, there's a sign that says "Palisades Trail," which would put them by the Five Fingers: http://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/u ... %20Map.JPG Additionally, you can see a sign at 7:32 that says "Rock Harbor Lodge."

And if you've ever been to the wonderful city of Duluth, you'll appreciate the last five or so minutes, with a few shots of the shore line, and the incline station. This was mesmerizing to me, as I've only heard of the incline station (a train-type contraption that took you from downtown Duluth up to what I assume is now Skyline Parkway). I've only ever seen postcards of it, and now I've seen video...this is very cool to me.

There's already an interesting take-apart started of the video on the original website it was posted on.

Anyone else spot anything cool in this video?

This video is so cool. I mean, I've seen the pictures of what the Island used to be, but to see it in motion brings a whole new element.
I personally like how you're watching these people, dressed in the attire appropriate for their position in society and the era, walking around on the rocks. I thought the woman in white heels was going to trip and fall in, for sure.

I almost wondering if the "Rock Habor Lodge" sign you cite at 7:32 might not have been over the ramp leading down to the America dock? She would have probably sunk shortly before this video, but I'm guessing the dock would have been used by other boats? Of course, hard to say..

Thanks for sharing!

I personally like how you're watching these people, dressed in the attire appropriate for their position in society and the era, walking around on the rocks. I thought the woman in white heels was going to trip and fall in, for sure.

This is how my girlfriend and I dressed when we did the Minong last fall, except she was wearing red heels.

That incline railway is called a funicular. The only funicular I have been on was in Davos, Switzerland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular