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Great work Danno!! Yes the visits sure did tail off the last few years. Thank you for the leg work though.

Visits to Superior, WI have become uncommon in recent years. Since 2020, only a single trip per season has occurred. Below are the number of visits made to Superior, WI per season, with associated arrival dates, going back to 2017.

2023 - 1 (10/18)
2022 - 1 (12/22)
2021 - 1 (10/26)
2020 - 5 (4/12, 6/30, 8/10, 9/22, 11/27)
2019 - 7 (4/28, 5/31, 6/29, 7/25, 8/19, 9/19, 10/20)
2018 - 6 (4/16, 7/1, 8/1, 8/31, 9/29, 11/7)
2017 - 7 (4/13, 6/4, 6/26, 8/19, 9/11, 9/30, 11/14)

Thanks to all for the replies...and the raffle ticket deal sounds like a heck of an idea!!

The Alpena is a regular visitor to the cement terminal in Superior, WI. I don't know how many or how often, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was between 10-20 times per season.

Buy a raffle ticket from the shipmasters Lodge in alpena and could win a trip on the alpena. Buy a raffle ticket and you coul be the lucky winner!

The Alpena does make a very rare trip from time to time it would seem each season from her namesake Port of Alpena, Michigan to Duluth-Superior. She usually unloads her cement cargo at the Lafarge Cement Dock in Superior. Not 100% sure but, the Lafarge name may now be called Holcim today? Glad you got to see her as I unfortunately missed her last year and season on the St. Clair River. She can often be found hauling cement cargoes over to Lake Michigan ports especially to Green Bay. They do however make a few trips as well down the St. Clair River to Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland. She’s always been a favorite!

What a treat for everyone along the way from Detour to the Soo and beyond to get to see the Alpena up close and personal!! Is this an out of the ordinary trip for her to be heading so far north and west or does she occasionally make her way to the west end of Superior and what would be her calling over Superior/Duluth way?