Canal Park (Duluth)

Canal Park is a tourist and recreation-oriented district of Duluth, Minnesota. It is situated across the I-35 freeway from Downtown Duluth and is connected by the famous Aerial Lift Bridge to the Park Point sandbar and neighborhood. Canal Park Drive and Lake Avenue South serve as the main routes in Canal Park.

Canal Park is largely a conversion of an old warehouse district into restaurants, shops (especially those dealing in antiques and other novelties), cafès, and hotels. This occurred in the 1980s as an attempt to use Duluth's rich industrial past, the decline of which had left the city in economic turmoil at the time, as an asset in a prospective tourist industry. The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), the area's prominent entertainment venue, is also located in the district, as is the annual Bayfront Blues Festival and Grandma's Marathon. The DECC provides an indoor connection to the skywalk system in Downtown Duluth.

Some of Canal Park's attractions include a three-mile long lakewalk, a lighthouse pier, Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, Great Lakes Aquarium, and the William A Irvin floating ship museum. Those interested in boats will also enjoy watching vessels from around the world enter Duluth's port.

ee also

*Downtown Duluth (North)
*Duluth, Minnesota
*Park Point (South)

External links

* [http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/ Duluth Shipping News website]
* [http://www.glaquarium.org/ Great Lakes Aquarium website]
* [http://www.canalparkduluth.com/ Canal Park Business Association website]
* [http://www.duluthmn.gov/ City of Duluth website]