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Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˈ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of the St. Mary's River directly across from its "twin city," Sault Ste. Marie, in the state of Michigan. The city's population was 72,051 at the 2021 census, making it the third most populous city in northern Ontario.
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] With a population of 13,337 at the 2020 census, [4] it is the second-most populated city in the Upper Peninsula, behind ...
Portrait in A Narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner, by Edwin James, London, 1830. John Tanner (c. 1780 – c. 1846), known also by his Ojibwe name Shaw-shaw-wa-ne-ba-se ("The Falcon", Zhaashaawanibiisi in modern spelling), [a] was captured by Odawa Indians as a child after his family had homesteaded on the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky.
Sault Ste Marie Water Aerodrome services the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, a museum which features many interactive bush plane, forestry, and aerial firefighting exhibits. Several aircraft are also under restoration at the centre, notably a De Havilland Fox Moth with the registration C-FBNI.
Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (CBHC), located on the north bank of the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to preserving the history of bush flying and forest protection in Canada. It was founded in 1987 by a group of local volunteers to preserve the province's history in bush planes and aerial firefighting
The mission of Raco AAF was to serve as a refueling stop for aircraft headed for Alaska as well as to defend the locks of Sault Ste. Marie. However, no Air Force tactical units were assigned there during the war, and the few support personnel who were stationed there were under the command of the 4250th Army Air Force Base Unit at Alpena AAF.
It formerly housed a non-directional beacon as part of the precision approach at Sault Ste. Marie Airport but has since been decommissioned and the antenna taken down due to high maintenance costs. The opening of this aid to navigation resulted in the deactivation of the Point Iroquois Light in 1962. [2] [3]
The Tower of History (originally the Tower of Missionaries) is a 210-foot (64 m) observation tower in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. [1] [2] [3] Located at 326 E. Portage Avenue, [1] it was the tallest observation tower in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when completed in 1968.