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The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as Soo) with the two cities named Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario and in Michigan, located on either side of the St. Marys River. The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the United States and Canada permits vehicular traffic to pass over the locks. A railroad bridge crosses the St ...
Aerial picture of the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge and the Soo Locks, with Canada to the left and the US to the right Coordinates 46°30′25″N 84°21′41″W / 46.50703°N 84.36132°W / 46.50703; -84
It provides a panoramic, 360-degree view of the Soo Locks, the St. Mary's River, Lake Superior, and cities on both the American and Canadian sides of the border. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The view extends for roughly 20 miles (32 km); [ 6 ] [ 9 ] in total, approximately 1,200 square miles (3,100 km 2 ) are visible from the tower.
The boat tours began in 1934 when Milo Beechwood Welch, a local tugboat captain, fulfilled his dream of showing the history of the locks. Original Soo Locks Boat Tours celebrates 90 years on the ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — U.S. Senator Gary Peters visited the Soo Locks on Thursday to discuss the importance of funding for the New Lock project and to see the ongoing construction in person.
Soo Locks in the background and Power Canal to the left. Another view of the power plant, with Power Canal to the right. The Edison Sault Power Canal supplies the Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant, a Cloverland Electric Cooperative hydroelectric plant, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District’s New Lock at the Soo has substantially completed its first phase of construction.
The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals that enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the rapids of the St. Marys ...