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Newly elected Division 091-30 officers

newly elected officers

Division Meeting Fall 2023

newly elected officers

James Munger Award recipient

  1. Munger award recepient

Auxiliary works with CG on Lake of the Woods

Auxiliary works with CG on Lake of the Woods

AUXAIR - members from two flotillas work together

AUX Air members from 2 floitllas work together

4th of July Parade 2023 Superior, WI

4th of July Parade 2023

First woman chaplain in the U.S. Navy - See her display at the Bong Museum. She's now an Auxiliarist in the Duluth-Superior Flotilla

1st woman chaplain US Navy - now an Auziliarist

Check rides on Gull Lake Chain - Auxiliarist and potential member

Check rides on Gull Lake Chain
Resort on Gull Lake Chain
check ride Gull Lake Chain
check ride Gull Lake Chain

"Diversity in Division 30" Flotilla 07 helping 04

30-07 member helping 30-04

Division 30 Commander with float coat , ice picks and spud bar for testing ice thickness. KBJR-TV interview.

ice safety message

Christmas City of the North Parade in Duluth - Active Duty and Flotilla 04

Christmas City of the North Parade Duluth Active Duty & 30-04

His mother is Flotilla Commander for Flotilla 04!

His mother is Vice Flotilla Commander for Flotilla 04!

Recipient of American Legion Military Achievement Award 2022 


 

New Commander of Division 091-30

New Commander of Division 091-30

New Vice Division Commander 091-30

  1. New Vice Commander Division 30

Recipient of Division 091-30 Annual Award

new Division 091-30 commander

Auxiliary plaque presented to KBJR TV for recruitment campaign

AUX plaque presented to KBJR TV for recruitment campaign

Shooting flares with active duty

shooting flares
shooting flares

National Safe Boating Week May 21-25, 2022

 

There is a lot of free digital boating safety information available - link below:

 

 https://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/resources/brochures/

 

 Be smart and check it out!

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Division Commander and Vice Commander 2022

2022 Division Commander and Vice Commander

Pearl Harbor Day Memorial 2021 in Duluth

Flotilla 04 hands out paddle craft materials at summer event

FLotilla 04 hands out vessel ID decals at paddlecraft event

Flotilla 05 at Leech Lake Regatta

Flotilla 05 at Leech Lake Regatta

CGC Alder leaves Duluth homeport for the last time

CGC Alder leaves Duluth homeport for the last time

CG 29' boat maneuvers to take 04 AUX boat in tow

1CG boat maneuvers to take AUX boat in tow

Safe Boating Week 2021

Safe Boating Week 2021

Christmas City of the North Parade 2020 Duluth MN

History of the Auxiliary in our Division

Remember a pioneer in Auxiliary diversity

by Dave Anderson, BC-AKS

 

     The history of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan traces back to a woman named Leslie Griggs Welles.  She came from a wealthy family in Eveleth, MN and if the name Griggs sounds familiar to Duluthians, it's because the University of Minnesota Duluth's Griggs Hall and Griggs Field are named after her father.

     Leslie married George Welles and if that name also sounds familiar to Duluthians, it's because he was part of the Marshall Wells hardware empire that dominated the American market until selling out to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1982.

     Mrs. Welles was much more than an idle rich woman, though.  Promoting safety was her passion and she was an early member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.  She chartered most of the flotillas in what is now Division 091-30 and in the early 60's, became one of the first women to move above the flotilla level.

     In 1962, there was an Auxiliary flotilla on Lake Vermilion near Tower, MN in which Leslie was active.  That town's newspaper, The Tower News, printed the following article on August 17, 1962.

     "Mrs. George Welles is First Woman CG Division Captain"

     "A recent issue of "The Beacon" which is the official publication of the Ninth District Coast Guard Auxiliary carried a feature story on Mrs. George Welles of Lake Vermilion and Duluth.  Mrs. Welles was appointed Division Captain in the Ninth Coast Guard District, the first time a woman had been named to that position.

     Accepting the bows modestly was the charming newly elected head of Northern Division XXVIII, Leslie Welles.  Mrs. Welles, who helped organize and was a charter member of Flotilla 28-4 at Lake Vermilion has long been an active boating enthusiast.

     Mrs. Welles has been an inspector-examiner ever since joining the Auxiliary, has held all of the flotilla offices and moved up this year from division training officer after her election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Division Captain E.E. Laitala last fall."

     Mrs. Welles passed away at the age of 90 in 2003.

Summer 2020 AUX Patrols - Covid 19

In spite of a late start in August,the flotillas of Division 30 did get some hours on the water. 

 

Tribute to Doc

 

 (Though meteorologist Dave Anderson is U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Branch Chief of Video Services, this news story was prepared as part of paid employment by KBJR 6 / CBS 3 TV which are part of Quincy Media Incorporated and copyright remains the property of those organizations.)

 https://cbs3duluth.com/2020/09/11/veteran-boat-safety-expert-jim-munger-passes-away-at-91/

Summer 2019

Flotillas 04 and 05 checked private aids to navigation in Duluth-Superior Harbor and Voyageurs National Park

checking private aids to navigation 

2021 Division Commander (with Covid mask) and Vice Commander

01 Auxiliarists doing OPS with 04

01 member doing OPS with 04

Target boat for active duty drills

Target boat for active duty drills

Flotilla 05's Life Jacket Zone painting project

Memorial Day Parade 2019 Duluth-Superior Flotilla

Memorial Day Parade Duluth flotilla

File a Float Plan - let someone know your boating plans!

file a float plan

Leech Lake Regatta

An Auxiliarist from Flotilla 04 crewed on a facility from Flotilla 05. 

Crew from Flotilla 04 crews on facility from 05 at Leech Lake Regatta 

Flotilla boat giving a tow

Flotilla 05 giving a tow 

Coast Guard birthday celebration Station Bayfield

Flotilla 01 facility - Point to LaPointe Swim 2018

Oscar was at Boat Camp too this year!

Oscar was at Boat Camp too this year

Boat Camp 2018

Boat Camp 2018

Proclamation of Rowers and Paddlers Week in Duluth, MN

proclamation of rowers and paddlers week in Duluth MN

Flotilla members gave out reflective paddle tip decals and paddle craft ID stickers.

 

 

 

Flotilla member is watch stander at Station Duluth

Auxiliary Life Jacket Loaner Programs

AUX life jacket loaner programs

Auxiliary table at Earth Day 2017

Boating Safety Week 2017 Auxiliary TV Interview onboard CG vessel

Boating Safety Week 2017 - TV Interview onboard CG vessel

Division Boat Camp 2017 training rendevouz

Setting up a side tow

Simultating boaters in distress

Boat training

boat training

Tall Ships 2016 - Auxiliarists from Division 30 were there to help

Tall Ships 2016 Duluth MN

Rubber Duckie watched over by AUX boat from neigboring Apostle Islands Flotilla

91Rubber duckie and AUX boat

Auxiliarists talking with Voyageurs National Park partner - park pilot & law enforcement ranger

Auxiliarists talking with Voyageurs National Park partner - park pilot & law enforcement ranger

Flotilla 07 showing off boat crew gear at City of Ranier Festival Days

 PA station at the City of Ranier Festival Days

Crewman from Flotilla 04 at the helm and coxswain from Flotilla 05 looking for disabled vessel on Lake Superior

Coxswain from 05 and crew from 04 training

Coxswain from Flotilla 07 and crew from Flotilla 04 ready for training exercise on Superior Bay

Cosxwain from Flotilla 07 and crew from 04 ready for training exercise on Superior Bay

Auxiliary chefs at Station Duluth Change of Command 2016

AUX chefs at Station Duluth Change of Command

Takes 3 Auxiliarists to set up a tent

   

 

 

  Division Boat Camp 2016

  Voyageurs National Park

 

 

 

 

                   

                     Takes 3 to set up a tent!

 

members from different flotillas

Getting acquainted

 

 members looking at chart


 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

                                             Looking at the chart

 

Flotilla 05 members
                           

 

                                Good turnout from Flotilla 05


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  Auxiliary boat heading out

 

                                                            

                                           Houseboats for rent

                                                       

 

 

 

 

SABOT (Auxiliary training weekend)

training weekend on the water

Relaxing between training sessions

between training sessions

Navigation training station SABOT

two Auxiliarists working on navigation skills

 

 

About Division 30

Division 30, the North Star Division, is the largest geographical division in the Coast Guard Auxiliary District Nine Central. This diverse division with 3 flotillas encompasses the northern half of Minnesota, known as the North Star State. 


Duluth-Superior Flotilla 04

 04 operates on Lake Superior and along its north shore to Grand Marais, Minnesota. This flotilla encounters all the large seaport issues of the east and west coast but is    located in the middle of America.


Northwest Rivers and Lakes Flotilla 05

05 covers the area from the Red River of the North on the western side, north to Lake of the Woods and the famous Northwest Border Angle on its Canadian side, and the Whitefish Lakes area in the south. This area contains some of the largest lakes in the nation outside of the Great Lakes.


International Falls Flotilla 07

07 includes all the motor permitted lakes outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area National Park. Situated along the northern border with Canada, the area offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the nation.

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