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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 ...
Area codes 519, 226, 548, and 382 are overlay telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of southwestern Ontario. Area code 519 was the initial code of the numbering plan area (NPA). It was created in 1953 from the western portion of area code 416 and the southwestern portion of 613.
The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals that enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the rapids of the St. Marys ...
Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˈ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of the St. Mary's River directly across from its "twin city," Sault Ste. Marie, in the state of Michigan. The city's population was 72,051 at the 2021 census, making it the third most populous city in northern Ontario.
Nov. 30—SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Soo Locks' MacArthur Lock will close for the season on Dec. 17 and remain closed until April 24 for safety inspections and maintenance, the U.S. Army ...
[4] [5] [6] The tower was built in a modernist style and consists of three vertical, trapezoid-shaped columns that support five cantilevered observation platforms. [7] It provides a panoramic, 360-degree view of the Soo Locks, the St. Mary's River, Lake Superior, and cities on both the American and Canadian sides of the border.
The New Lock project has been underway for several years and is currently in Phase 3 of production. The New Lock is taking the place of the two unused locks on the north side and will be the ...
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 ...