Duluth Ship Canal & Pier Lighthouses

Gateway to the Twin Ports

The Duluth Ship Canal is the iconic entrance to one of the world's furthest-inland seaports, carved through the long sand spit of Minnesota Point. From the rooftop vantage above Canal Park, this live webcam captures the sweeping channel where Lake Superior meets the sheltered harbor shared by Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.

Historic Pier Lighthouses

Two beloved beacons frame the canal mouth: the Duluth North Pier Lighthouse with its slender white tower and the distinctive red-roofed South Breakwater Outer Lighthouse. Their long concrete piers stretch far into the open lake, drawing strollers along the waterfront promenade.

Great Lakes Ship Watching

This renowned maritime crossing welcomes towering lake freighters and far-travelled ocean vessels arriving via the St. Lawrence Seaway. The canal sits beside the famous Aerial Lift Bridge, a hub of activity at the heart of Duluth's tourist waterfront on the shore of the largest of the Great Lakes.