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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 ...
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a National Historic Site in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and is part of the national park system, managed by Parks Canada. It includes a lock to bypass the rapids on the St. Marys River. The first canal near the site was built in 1798, but was destroyed in 1814 during the War of 1812.
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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 ...
SS Thomas Wilson in the Soo Locks, unladen, with two consort barges, also whalebacks A whaleback traversing the Poe Lock, ca. 1910, showing how low a laden boat would ride. The whaleback was a design by Captain Alexander McDougall (1845–1923), a Scottish-born Great Lakes seaman and ship's master. [2]
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.
The Soo Locks run for 10 months of the year, with maintenance being done the other two months. Currently, a new lock is being constructed at the Locks with the same dimensions as the 1,200-foot ...
Orlando Metcalfe Poe (March 7, 1832 – October 2, 1895) was a United States Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War.After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse construction on the Great Lakes and design of the Poe Lock at Soo Locks between lakes Superior and Huron.