Downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, looking at it from the Canadian locks, Sault means cataract, which is used to describe the rapids in the St Mary.s river here at the end of Lake Superior
Looking back at the Canadian Sault Locks, which are only used now for recreational boats, and was closed for the season while we were there,
the U.S Sault Locks, in Michigan carry all of the heavy traffic
Looking across the locks at the Friendship Bridge connecting the two Sault Ste Maries,
and two countries
This is a swing over dam, only one like it in the world, made all of steel, it swings over the lock and dams it up in a matter of minutes
Only ship we saw on the lake and it was a museum
Town was booming in 60's and 70's, not so booming now,
steel mills and paper mills fell on hard times
We will leave tomorrow and follow Hwy 17 east toward Ottowa, then down to St Lawrence waterways to the Thousand Islands, and yes, we did find somwhere to celebrate Cindy's birthday, Dairy Queen!
First...HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!! Love the pictures so far, looks like you are encoutering good weather too. It's hilarious everywhere you go, you cause quite the stir and excitement w/your RV! You are probably all the rage in Canada now, and don't even know it! BTW Linda, would you be as so kind as to email me something/anything. Inadvertently deleted all my email contacts/addresses and can't remember any of them...having one of my 'days' then. Requesting more pictures of the pooches too, please!
ReplyDeleteStay safe.