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Jim Zim takes American Patriot's journey through the Soo Locks

His Great Lakes series reaches Sault Ste. Marie, with a tourist-boat lock passage and a visit aboard the retired freighter Valley Camp.

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Episode 6: Cruising To Sault Ste Marie Michigan With American Cruise Lines

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0:36A bow-mounted GoPro compresses the northbound river journey into time-lapse footage.
2:10Drone footage circles Port Huron and the Blue Water Bridges as American Patriot heads toward Lake Huron.
3:47Passengers have a cooking demonstration, music trivia and a guest lecture during the crossing.
9:00Jim boards a tourist boat for a passage through the MacArthur Lock to Lake Superior level.
11:03Aerial views show the MacArthur and Poe locks alongside construction of the new lock.
14:06Valley Camp's cargo holds, navigational bridge and Edmund Fitzgerald memorial exhibit feature in the museum visit.

Jim Zim gives a long sailing day a bow-mounted camera and lets the rivers supply the scenery. His only new upload this week, "Episode 6: Cruising To Sault Ste Marie Michigan With American Cruise Lines", follows American Patriot north from Detroit before swapping the cruise ship for a smaller boat through the Soo Locks.

The journey takes 28 hours, with drone views of Port Huron's Blue Water Bridges, an afternoon of cooking demonstrations and music trivia, and clear skies on the St. Marys River the following morning. At Sault Ste. Marie, Jim boards a tour boat through the MacArthur Lock, then uses aerial footage to show the neighboring locks and the enormous construction project beside them. A visit to Museum Ship Valley Camp takes the episode inside the working history of Great Lakes shipping.

The upload has reached roughly 6,400 views. In the comments, viewers pick out the videography, including cars passing each other on the power-plant bridge. Others ask how rough the crossing was, and one makes a request familiar to anyone who knows Jim's other passion: more model trains.

Across the channel, subscribers were unchanged this week, while today's viewing is about a third above its usual daily pace. Among nearby travel channels, Jess & Jake had a much larger viewing week; Jim's weekly total was the smallest in that group.

His Toledo episode currently draws the most daily views of the highlighted uploads, followed by this Sault Ste. Marie visit. The older Ohio River highlights film also keeps adding views, with its bow-camera time lapses offering another way to enjoy a long river journey without spending the whole day aboard.

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What viewers say

1:31 I didn’t see the flock of birds 🦅

Some wonderful videography in this episode. ACL will be delighted with this footage I’m sure.
The synchronised cars passing each other on the power plant bridge 8:05 was amazing ✍🏼
@atmakali9599See it on YouTube
How rough was the water?
@LindaMattaxSee it on YouTube
Hey mr.jim
Can you soon make some model train videos soon? I would love it if you could.
@SONnotsotuffSee it on YouTube

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Thanks Jim for the dreams.
@ThomasThornhillSee it on YouTube
Another great video, thank you, really enjoyed it!
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The facts

Channel: Jim Zim
Subscribers: 494,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 108,776
Videos published this week: 1
Video published: October 31, 2026
Video views so far: 6,370
Views on its first day: 2,814

The numbers

Here is how Jim Zim's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Jess & Jake

1,352,866

1,239,423

768,067

573,696

523,795

435,176

402,201

112,373

108,776

subscribers

494,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

383,237,154

views per day

21,222

typical day: 15,869

first-day views of each video posted this week

Episode 6: Cruising To Sault Ste Marie…

2,814

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

550,000

543,000

541,000

524,000

513,000

494,000

476,000

471,000

442,000

As of November 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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