Ghost Docks

About six years ago I was on a motor trip along the North Shore of Lake Superior, and wandered down a small road from the highway down to the lake. When I parked in the small recreational harbor, I saw this huge abandoned facility along the shoreline. (It’s much bigger than it looks in this photo, with nothing to give ir scale.) As a Duluth native, I knew ore-loading docks when I saw them, but I’d never seen or heard of the place before. It wasn’t on any map. And it was empty.

Turns ...