Blue Waters

Harriot Island Peer

The peer is a hidden treasure at Harriot Island, across from downtown St Paul. One can find lots of boats of all sizes, friendly faces, place to watch sunsets, a place for romantic walks, a restaurant and a bed and breakfast.

Bandshell Of Harriot Island

A close up of the main building on Harriot Island, a stones throw from downtown St Paul. I've posted a photo of this building in the past, but it was from the other side of the Mississippi River. Today's photo is from with in the Harriot Island park and the Mississippi River is completely on the other side of the building.

A closer look at the plaque below the dedication for Dr. Justus Hogue

Dr. Justus Ohage, St. Paul’s health officer, bought the island and built a new park there, complete with public bathhouse and beach, playgrounds, handball and tennis courts, cafeteria, bandstand, pavilions, zoo, childcare facilities and picnic grounds. Attendance totaled six million visitors between 1900 and 1906, but recurring flooding and growing river pollution forced the public baths to close in 1919.

On September 24, 1886, Dr. Justus Ohage performs America's first successful gallbladder removal in St. Joseph's operating room. It's only the ninth such operation ever attempted in the world.

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Minnetonka, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Now This Is An Anchor

This anchor can be found at Harriot Island in St Paul. The plaque at the bottom right corner reads:

USS SAINT PAUL
(CA-73) ANCHOR

COMMISSIONED 1945 - DECOMMISSIONED 1971
FIRED THE LAST NAVAL SLAVO IN WORLD WAR II
FIRED THE LAST NAVAL SLAVO IN THE VIETNAM WAR

ANCHOR ORIGINALLY DEDICATED ON
HARRIOT ISLAND OCTOBER 1982

REDEDICATED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2000

Mississippi Boat Line Up

Just a few of the boats that were lined up on the Mississippi River, docked up by Harriot Island in St Paul. I would have liked to have had more of a clear reflection shot for this one, but the river waters and the wind was moving rather fast this day.

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Sequim, Washington - fixed
Baziege, France
Melbourne, Australia

LOTR: The Two Towers

Sorry to say, this is not the two towers from the Lord Of The Rings series. Instead, these two towers can be found on Harriot Island across the Mississippi River from downtown St Paul. This is a new addition to the park where summer concerts are held.