Canal Park is a tourist and recreation-oriented district of

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, United States. Situated across the

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freeway from Downtown Duluth, it is connected by the

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across the

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to the Park Point sandbar and

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. Canal Park Drive and Lake Avenue South serve as the main routes in Canal Park.

History

Canal Park is largely a conversion of an old

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into restaurants, shops (especially those dealing in

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and other novelties), cafés, and hotels. This conversion began 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.

Attractions

Many annual events are held in the Canal Park area, such as the Bayfront Blues Festival and

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, which starts in

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, and finishes in Canal Park. Some of Canal Park's attractions include a 4.2 mile long lake walk, a

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pier, the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, the Great Lakes Aquarium,Great Lakes Aquarium website
/ref> 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. Until January 2017, Canal Park was the home of broadcast studios for four Red Rock Radio stations. The Duluth

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affiliate KBJR is still located in Canal Park. The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) now connected to the new AMSOIL Arena and the area's prominent entertainment venue, is also located in the district. The DECC provides an indoor connection to the skywalk system in Downtown Duluth.

Gallery

File:Duluth_Drone.jpg, Aerial view with

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and skyline File:Canal Park Lakewalk High.jpg, Lakewalk File:CanalParkDuluthLighthouse.jpg, Lighthouse pier File:Horse and carriage-Duluth-2006.jpg, Carriage ride File:Duluth canal.jpg, Ship canal File:Duluth, Minnesota Lakewalk.jpg, Lower North Shore from Canal Park

References

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History

Attractions

Gallery

See also

References