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Chasing The Herbert C. Jackson On Belle Isle 12.17.2016

29 views · Published 18 December 2016 · 9:25 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Chosen Won · 2016 · Film & Animation

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If you have never been to Belle Isle, pre-sunrise, please do so. There's a big difference from 6:30 a.m and 7:30 a.m. Today, the sunrise was @ 7:57 a.m. For starters, it is super quiet and the lights are not on. (this matters big time) For whatever reason, birds become very active. The water, and happily the ice, sparkles and moves south and looks like a blue tinted fine oil painting. The shine from Windsor and Detroit is beautiful. Then the Ambassador  Bridge, fully illuminated in relatively new LED lights. Even Zug Island looks beautiful. The smoke and steam billow straight upward from the stacks and drifts usually south or southeast. (sorry, Windsor) Now throw in a freighter, and I'm telling you, it's one of the best early morning viewings there are. Belle Isle is safe, patrolled and stunning.

The Herbert C. Jackson has a rich history. I've videotaped it stuck in the ice trying to get to Lake St. Clair, dinged from a drunken bridge operator at the West Jefferson Bridge and now here, Belle Isle. This old floating hunk of metal gets in and out of places the larger freighter cannot. An old design that has earned its place in Great Lakes history. And here I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of an upbound passing by Belle Isle heading into Lake St. Clair.

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