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The Duluth Local Show

October 16, 2022

The Viking Octantis (left) settles in the Duluth Superior Harbor Monday, September 19, 2022, in Duluth, Minn.  The red ship on the right is the Federal Frontier. The cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes, and port cities are embracing it as an economic driver, with cities like Duluth—which hadn’t hosted any cruise ships in nearly a decade—investing in infrastructures such as new docks and customs facilities to welcome them.
The Viking Octantis (left) settles in the Duluth Superior Harbor Monday, September 19, 2022, in Duluth, Minn. The red ship on the right is the Federal Frontier. The cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes, and port cities are embracing it as an economic driver, with cities like Duluth—which hadn’t hosted any cruise ships in nearly a decade—investing in infrastructures such as new docks and customs facilities to welcome them.Derek Montgomery for MPR News
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by Brittany Lind

October 16, 2022

Listen to songs from Shaunna Heckman, Dave Mehling, Feeding Leroy, Woodblind, Toby Thomas Churchill, Low and more.

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This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.