Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie is a city in Ontario, Canada. The third-largest city in Northern Ontario after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, it is located on the St. Mary's River on the Canada–US border. To the southwest, across the river, is the United States and the Michigan city of the same name. The two cities are joined by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side to Huron Street on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
Soo Locks International Bridge, (North) Downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Ojibwe fishermen in the St. Marys Rapids, 1901
Sault Ste. Marie Museum in downtown Sault Ste. Marie
Turning the first sod ceremony for the construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, 30 July 1890
St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)
The St. Marys River, sometimes written St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles (119.9 km) southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall of 23 feet (7.0 m). For its entire length it is an international border, separating Michigan in the United States from Ontario, Canada.
St. Marys River connects Lake Superior (top left) to Lake Huron (bottom and right)
The International Bridge with the rail bridge crossing the American Locks.
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant at the mouth of the Edison Sault Power Canal
US Army Corps of Engineers hydroelectric plant seen from across the St. Marys Rapids