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I love your videos, so interesting when you live in Michigan but didn't grow up here.

I remember this word from long ago. You are ebullient Alexis. It is a good thing to be bubbling over with enthusiasm.

My daughter and I moved up here almost 4 years ago from the Lansing area to Esky. I love it. But very fortunate that I work remote so I get the best of both worlds.

Just Love the fear and chaos-mongers. !

Cold, snowy winters are awesome! That is one reason I moved from Philly to northern Washington state. Philly doesn't have much ice and snow anymore, and I think ice and snow are SO BEAUTIFUL, so one of the huge benefits of living so far north is that I get to enjoy ice and snow and cold for 4 months instead of just a day here or a day there. I find it really strange that so many of the people who sent you questions seem to think of cold snowy winters as a hardship that must be endured ... what a shallow and misinformed mindset for people to have. There are so many things that you can ONLY do when there is a lot of snow on the ground, and people living in places without snow are missing out on so many exciting recreational opportunities.

Evolution is only a man-made theory. It is a slap in the face of an Almighty God who created the heavens and the earth.

Very interesting documentary but why is it that Americans always value everything in $s? Its not so much the currency but the fact that its a monetary value, which actually debases its true value. The value of this enterprise lies in what it does and achieves and the effect its demise would have not in the $ cost.

Wow. This is a great video, and you are an exceptionally interesting and clear speaker. Very Very Well done....great work!

Another wonderful video. That's awesome you were able to get that view!

This was super interesting! Subscribed... Nowadays people electrocute themselves to steal copper.

My grandpa drove me here when i was 9 or 10. Im eternally grateful

Great. Another in depth pile of babble on pumping water in a contained area to make something float, as used in a critical logistics waterway.

Great video! No need for bigger locks, the current fleet of 1,000 footers do the job just fine 💪

I love visiting the locks and the UP. Your hoody with the Michigan Rocks is cool, I need one.

really liked the video. I grew up near SSM and I currently study engineering at LSSU, I never imagined I'd see a cool youtube video about something I see almost every day. thanks

I'm envious, I miss living there, one day I'll be back

Anyone not vaccinated that thinks its natural?

Its a tamped earth/geopolymer wall. Not natural. And, where's all the missing copper?

Hey! That's me! I was the Narrator/Deckhand on your tour boat! Thanks for featuring us and for coming aboard!

Wow, 300 year old technology...it's not "story time", it's "history time"

whats1 trillion when they already owe the rest of the world over 73 Trillion ... sorry but the US has been broke ever since it left the gold standard ///and now that they are NOT the petrodollar ... they are even worse off than Japan was after WWII

Thank you, Alexis, for an informative and entertaining presentation of a remarkable piece of forgotten history in Michigan.

My family worked for the LS&I railroad in that area.

I believe they should have made them much larger. All of the Seaway locks should be upgraded for modern ocean going vessels. Open up the middle of the continent to container ships.

Thanks for a great video and summary!. I really enjoyed seeing the Soo Locks and your explanation. Your enthusiasm is great - keep up the good work!

I think I recognize that cameo appearance at 47 seconds? Isn't that "Build....."?

I am a first-time viewer of your channel and thoroughly enjoyed the topic, the information, and your delightful presentation. Your obvious research was comprehensive and resulted in an excellent production. I live in Northern Vermont 1.25 miles from a border crossing into Quebec. I am retired and often look for off-the-beaten-path places to visit. I have wanted to head out to Lake Superior, and your wonderful production has compelled me to research the Upper Peninsula and set my sights on the Soo Locks. I am now a subscriber and look forward to viewing more of your productions. Many thanks, much appreciated. Go Blue!

Gosh...if those 'settlers' and 'colonizers' hadn't 'taken control' of the area, you'd have nothing to talk about....maybe every infrastructure story doesn't need the guilty tone.

Very cool.

My multi-focal IOLs are also very small Fresnel lenses. I take them everywhere I go...

Another U.P. favorite of mine...

Very well done... I'm very excited to see the progress on the new lock on Engineers Day this year. So much to see and do at the Soo Locks... and we gotta get pasties too...

Loss of these locks would be equally as catastrophic to Canada, maybe more so due to our smaller economy to that of the US

Wait, the Iron ore found in Negaunee on the surface-shiny mountain discovered in 1846 or 7 was blasted there from Canada due to a meteorite impact ?

I've lived here in Michigan for 58 years and, like you, have always known about the Soo Locks, but again I've never got to know much about them. I now know more about them thanks to you. So I have to give you a big thank you for reporting on them. Great reporting by the way! It was very informative. I look forward to the next part of this in 2023 when the new lock opens up.

Another great video. You're best off calling the water the Portage Waterway. A lot of it, including where the bridge is located, is technically Portage Lake. There is a canal at North Entry. There was only swampy land there originally. On the other end originally was just the meandering Portage River. A canal was dug there to straighten the waterway and make it deeper.

So greatly enjoyed this, Alexis, and your enthusiasm is both visible and contagious. I have a friend I'm going to visit on (St. Joseph's Island) and when I do he's taking us to "the Soo" to see these amazing structures, and the leviathons they raise and lower.Thank You, John (Toronto)

Alexis my wife would like to find out where you got that rocks tell stories sweater? Very interesting video about the Sault locks. We live in Sault Ontario and love watching all your videos. Thanks for doing what you do :)

I would have just used balloons.

hey... that's where i live. this year was weird with the almost no snow. a couple years before you got here we got 2 feet of snow in one day.

Great video! Really enjoy your content and appreciate the research and presentation. I’m a transplant living in Grand Rapids since 2016 and I’ve learned a lot about about the state from your channel.

Thank you. Been wondering this on my mind since I was a kid.

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Off topic but...I love the shirt you have on. I also love your videos.

I really love the music you picked out too! ❤️👍🏽👍🏽

Great Lakes Freighter’s are built to fit through the locks. That’s another great documentary near your wheelhouse. I just found your channel today. MI born and raised, I love it so far, great work!

Painfully cute girl.

Nice upbeat style and presentation. I'm a follower of the Narrow Boat people on the English canal system some of which live full time on there boats. They have to transverse the lock systems often so it was an interesting turn being informed by you about these great lake lock systems. Thank You. Just as a side note: Some years back I watched a story about logs of wood that came off sunken ships that have laid undisturbed at the bottom of the Great Lakes for quite some time and were being retrieved. The wood was being used to make Fine string instruments in Italy. This could be a good story to chase up and you could perhaps get to go to Italy as a follow up story :)

The engineering to building locks is not a secrete and they are clearly visible from the ground and anyone in an aircraft and to anyone who goes to Goggle maps. As long as they have the time, it only makes sense that they give a tour to someone making a serious historical video about the locks.