Sault Ste. Marie, MI from top of Tower of History
The Story of Sault Ste. Marie
It lays claim as the oldest settlement in the state of Michigan. Founded in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie has a history that dates backs even centuries before the first European contact.
River of History Museum - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Visit the 11 galleries of the River of History Museum and learn about life at the water's edge of the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie. From Native American culture to military history and so much more. Get to know the area's people and their unique stories.
Sault Ste. Marie | Agawa Canyon Drone Documentary by Ranuka Prabhashitha
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Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ Soo Saint Marie) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the US-Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) 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.
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 20 feet from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to Saint Mary's Rapids or Saint Mary's Falls. The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /ˈsuː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name.[7] Residents of the city are called Saultites.[8]
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. The US prohibited British traders from operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie.[9]
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan: Beautiful Fall
Fall color is beautiful in the Upper Peninsula. See attractions and places in all their autumn glory in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Take a scenic drive and enjoy the colors of Mother Nature.
Rendezvous in the Sault - 2013
Rendezvous in the Sault was a reflection of the origins of Sault de Sainte Marie, 200 - 300 years ago. It took place on the very same ground that countless voyageurs, Native Americans, traders, soldiers, and musicians would meet annually, outside the walls of the Fort . These gatherings, part market bazaar, part festival, were the culmination of their year's labor. Great canoes of furs would be unloaded and sold, while the trappers would spend their earnings on supplies to turn around and do it again. The Natives trapped as well and the traders had things they'd never seen for trade. There would be music, dancing, competitions and drinking. Rendezvous were a necessity of their day and they built the Soo. Since 1668, the Sault has been a place of gathering. It is wonderful to see Rendevous here again. It is as it should be, after all, it is who we are.
Sault Ste Marie Mchigan - Visitors Travel Guide for the Soo
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Crossing the International Bridge Into (Sault) Canada 1997
I don't know why I put this up.
VANLIFE...a day trip to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Van-life...a day trip to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. As we continue our way east, we stop at the Canadian/USA border town of Sault Ste Marie. This unique city is in two Countries, mostly in Ontario Canada but also in Michigan. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is unique in that it connects Lake Superior with Lake Huron (via Sault Locks) making it possible for large Freighters to make it to the Atlantic Ocean. The United States and Canada rely HEAVILY on this trade route to ship and receive products from all over the world.
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Mackinac Bridge History - World's Super Structures Documentary Film
Mackinac Bridge History - World's Super Structures Documentary Film
Mackinac Bridge, is a suspension bridge extending the Straits of Mackinac to link the Upper as well as Lower peninsula of the united state state of Michigan. Opened up in 1957, the 8,614-foot (2,626 m) bridge (familiarly called Large Mac as well as Mighty Mac) is the world's 16th-longest in total suspension and also the lengthiest suspension bridge in between anchorages in the Western hemisphere. The Mackinac Bridge brings Interstate 75 as well as the Lakes Michigan and Huron elements of the Great Lakes Circle Tours across the straits and links the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the town of Mackinaw City on the south.
Imagined because the 1880s, the bridge was designed by the designer David B. Steinman as well as completed in 1957 just after several decades of struggles to begin building.
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William A Decker MD talks about his book UP Hospital
William A. Decker, M.D. speaks about his new book
Upper Peninsula Hospital: A History of the Newberry State Hospital
Thursday, July 5, at Bayliss Public Library, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Co-hosted by the Chippewa County Historical Society.
Introduction by Jim Dwyer.
The SS South American
Rare film of the SS South American taken from another freighter (not sure which one) by George Eble in the 1950's. Taken from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's film and video archives.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Lighthouse,...Whitefish Point Michigan!
History
Construction on the first light began in 1847, and the lighthouse was said to resemble that at Old Presque Isle Light.
First lit in 1849, it was one of the first lighthouses on the shores of Lake Superior and is also the oldest active light on the lake. The original structure was outfitted with Lewis lamps, which were thereafter upgraded to a Fourth Order Fresnel lens.
The current structure, while modern looking, is a Civil War relic. Built in 1861, the iron skeletal steel framework was designed to relieve stress caused by high winds. A similar design is used at Manitou Island light in Lake Superior. It was equipped with a Third Order Fresnel lens.
The DCB-224 Carlisle & Finch aerobeacon in operation at Whitefish Point on November 3, 2007.
The light-emitting diode lantern installed at Whitefish Point in August 2011.
In 1968, the light was replaced with a DCB-224 aero beacon manufactured by the Carlisle & Finch Company. According to Volume 7 of the U.S. Coast Guard light list, it was visible for a distance of 26 nautical miles (48 km) in clear weather conditions, and had two unevenly spaced eclipses, and two flashes within every 20 second period. Putting aside questions of nostalgia, aesthetics, or appreciation for the engineering of a bygone era (as exemplified by the Fresnel lens), this iteration of lighthouse illumination was itself incredibly effective, and an endangered remnant of another bygone era.
The station was automated in 1971.
In 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners reported reduced intensity of the Whitefish Point light from June 7, 2011 until August 16, 2011 when the DCB-224 Series Carlisle & Finch aerobeacon lens was changed to a light-emitting diode (LED) lantern with a reduced range of 15 nautical miles (28 km) as permitted by Coast Guard rules and regulations adopted in 2003 for private aids to navigation. The aerobeacon lens is stored in a building on the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum complex for possible future public display.
The lighthouse is home to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which has many shipwreck artifacts, including artifacts from shipwrecks in the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald's bell which was recovered from the wreck in 1995. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is open for during the tourist season from 10 am to 6 pm, every day through October 31. The organization that operates the museum got 80.079% of its funding from the public in the year 2010.
The light is considered to iconic, and has been the subject of memorabilia. An official Michigan Historical Marker was erected in 1974. It is Registered Site L0272. The marker notes:
This light, the oldest on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. An early stopping place for Indians, Voyageurs, Coureur des bois and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks the course change for ore boats and other ships navigating this treacherous coastline to and from St. Mary's Canal. Since 1971 the light, fog signal, and radio beacon have been automated and controlled from Sault Ste. Marie.
The keepers were: 1848--1851: James B. Van Renselaer 1851--1853: Amos Stiles 1853--1856: William C. Crampton 1856--1859: Belloni McGulpin 1859--1861: Charles Garland 1861--1864: Joseph Kemp 1864--1868: Thomas Stafford 1868--1874: Edward Ashman 1874--1882: Charles J. Linke 1882--1883: Edward Chambers 1883--1903: Charles Kimball 1903--1931: Robert Carlson
Whitefish Point is on the Lake Superior coastline known as the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. The numerous shipwrecks of Whitefish Bay—including those of the Comet, John B. Cowle, Drake, Samuel Mather, Miztec, Myron, Niagara, John M. Osborn, Sagamore, Superior City, and Vienna—are protected for future generations of sports divers by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve.
The site is a venue for remembrance of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and extending back to the loss in 1816 of the very first ship known to sail on Superior, the sixty-foot trading vessel Invincible, which upended in gale force winds and towering waves near there. Every loss was tragic.
There are critics that claim that the stewardship of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society over this lighthouse caused it to be overdeveloped. Michigan Audubon Society filed a lawsuit that accused the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society of overdeveloping Whitefish Point and United States Fish & Wildlife Service of not protecting the site.The lawsuit was settled in 2002 when the parties agreed to govern the site with a management plan.
Groundbreaking Ceremony - Women's Building 1956
This silent film shows the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Women's
Building in 1956. During the construction the name was changed to the
Queen Elizabeth Building. Other buildings in the background are the
Manufacturers Building, Press Building, Music Building, General
Exhibits Building and the Gooderham Fountain.
Driving Over Mackinac Bridge, MI
Driving I75 (Interstate 75) Over Mackinac Bridge, MI In Route To St. Ignace, Michigan
Mackinac City is on right as we approach the bridge.
Mackinaw City /ˈmækᵻnɔː ˈsɪti/ is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 806 at the 2010 census; the population surges during the summer tourist season, including an influx of tourists and seasonal workers who serve in the shops, hotels and other recreational facilities there and in the surrounding region. Mackinaw City is at the northern tip (headland) of the Michigan's Lower Peninsula along the southern shore of the Straits of Mackinac. Across the straits lies the state's Upper Peninsula. These two land masses are physically connected by the Mackinac Bridge, which runs from Mackinaw City north to St. Ignace. Mackinaw City is also the primary base for ferry service to Mackinac Island, located to the northeast in the straits.
According to AAA's 2009 TripTik requests, Mackinaw City is the most popular tourist city in the state of Michigan. Local attractions include Fort Michilimackinac, the Mackinac Bridge, the Mackinaw Crossings shopping mall, Mill Creek, the Old Mackinac Point Light, the Historic Village, the McGulpin Point Light, and the retired US Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw.
The official name of the community is The Village of Mackinaw City and as that suggests, it is a village by state law. Mackinaw City is governed by the General Law Village Act, Public Act No. 3, of 1895, as amended. The downtown district and much of the development lie within Mackinaw Township, Cheboygan County, but the larger portion of the village by area is in Wawatam Township, Emmet County, which borders Mackinaw Township to the west.
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The Mackinac Bridge (/ˈmækᵻnɔː/ MAK-in-aw) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot (8.038 km) bridge (familiarly known as Big Mac and Mighty Mac) is the world's 17th-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere. The Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 75 and the Lakes Michigan and Huron components of the Great Lakes Circle Tours across the straits; it is also a segment of the U.S. North Country National Scenic Trail. The bridge connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south.
Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was designed by the engineer David B. Steinman and completed in 1957 only after many decades of struggles to begin construction
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957,[4] connecting two peninsulas linked for decades by ferries. A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages, allowing a superlative comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge, which had a longer center span between towers, and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which had an anchorage in the middle.
It remains the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[3] Much longer anchorage-to-anchorage spans have been built in the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan (12,826 ft or 3,909 m). But the long leadups to the anchorages on the Mackinac make its total shoreline-to-shoreline length of 5 miles (8 km) longer than the Akashi-Kaikyo (2.4 mi or 3.9 km).
The length of the bridge's main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and 17th longest suspension span worldwide. It is also one of the world's longest bridges overall.
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Saint Ignace, usually written as St. Ignace, is a city at the southern tip of the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, bordering the Straits of Mackinac. The population was 2,452 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mackinac County.[6] For travelers coming from the Lower Peninsula, St. Ignace is the gateway to the northern part of the state.
St. Ignace Township is located just to the north of the city, but is politically independent.
Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, St. Ignace is at the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinaw City is the southern end.
One-third of the population of the city identified as Native American. The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, a state recognized tribe, is headquartered at St. Ignace, and has bands in several other counties in the region. In addition, the large federally recognized Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians owns and operates a casino on its land in St. Ignace, as well as in four other cities in northern Michigan.
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West Pier is Open 2014 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
West Pier is Open 2014 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. One of the best burger places in Michigan is open for the 2014 season. This was recorded on March 18th.
Sault Ste. Marie: From the iconic Soo Locks to museums, nature and nightlife
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is a perfect destination for the outdoor enthusiast, history and culture buffs, and those who enjoy dining and nightlife.
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
This video shows you how to say or pronounce Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
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USCG Cutter Mackinaw Icebreaker Moored in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
USCG Cutter Mackinaw - An Icebreaker Moored in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. This is a fairly close up view of the USCG Mackinaw Icebreaker moored near the Coast Guard Station in SSM, Michigan. The shipping season is upon us and the St. Mary's River and adjoining waterways need a path through the ice cleared for ships.
Sault Sainte Marie Middle School Preforming Arts
Song from The Nightmare Before Christmas
6th, 7th, & 8th graders