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Sault Ste. Marie The St. Mary's Falls Canal is a 1.6 miles (2.6 km) canal containing a series of locks, and is part of the St. Marys River running from Lake Superior to Lake Huron . The first iteration of the U.S. Soo Locks was completed in May 1855, and operated by the State of Michigan until transferred to the U.S. Army in 1881.
Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˌ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the county seat of Chippewa County and is the only city within the county. [3]
Brendan Wiesner, Sault Ste. Marie News. November 21, 2024 at 4:05 AM. SAULT STE. MARIE — A local couple has bought a historic Sault building with the hope of returning it to its former glory.
Fort Brady was a frontier fort established in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan to guard against British incursions from Canada. The original location of the fort, known as Old Fort Brady, was along the Saint Mary's River.
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, also known as Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, is a church located on North Shore Road on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
John Johnston was Justice of the Peace in Sault Ste Marie for many years. He remained in Sault Ste. Marie for the rest of his life, remaining in the fur trade. [4] In 1812, Johnston helped British troops take control of Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island. [2] In 1814, American forces burned his house, as well as $40,000 of his goods, in ...
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (pronounced "Soo Saint Marie", Ojibwe: Baawiting Anishinaabeg), commonly shortened to Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians or the more colloquial Soo Tribe, is a federally recognized Native American tribe in what is now known as Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Lake was born in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan with his family in 1886. [4] He was born into a large family of 16 siblings (eight of whom died young). [ 5 ] He graduated from high school in St Mary's shortly before the move to Michigan, and claimed to have been ordained into the Methodist ministry at the age ...