Sault Sainte Marie

Sault Sainte Marie is a town at the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to america Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the 1/3 biggest town in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay. To the south, throughout the river, is the USA and the town of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. These groups were one metropolis until a new treaty after the War of 1812 hooked up the border among Canada and the US in this region on the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the 2 towns are joined by using the International Bridge, which connects Interstate seventy five at the Michigan aspect, and Huron Street at the Ontario facet.

Shipping traffic inside the Great Lakes device bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids through the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in phrases of tonnage that passes thru it, at the same time as smaller recreational and excursion boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal. French colonists noted the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village call turned into derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend extra than 20 ft from the level of Lake Superior to the extent of the lower lakes.