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English: Sault Ste. Marie Canal

Still at the Heart of Algoma Country

Canal de Sault Ste. Marie Au cœur de la région d'Algoma

Algoma Country has at its centre, the globally-strategic location where Lake Superior is joined by its watery umbilical cord to Lake Huron. People have gathered along the St. Marys River for 1000's of years because of its rich source of fish and because it was on the travel route to the far reaches of the world. Today, it is much the same.

As commerce in this young country grew, there was a need on the Canadian side for a way to get ships up or down the 6.4 metre (21 feet) difference in lake levels. In 1895, the Sault Canal was completed and over its commercial career, it hosted thousands of vessel passages. Due to a wall failure in 1987, its lock was rebuilt for pleasure craft. Over the century the town grew to be a major city. Welcome to modern Sault Ste. Marie. Yet, here at Sault Canal National Historic Site you can still step back in time.

Au centre de la région d'Algoma réside le point stratégique où le lac Supérieur se rattache au lac Huron par un cordon ombilical. Pendant un millier d'années, les gens se sont réunis le long de la rivière St. Marys, parce qu'elle est poissonneuse et qu'elle se trouve sur la route menant aux régions sauvages de l'intérieur. C'est un peu encore le cas aujourd'hui.

Avec la croissance du commerce dans cette jeune région, il fallait disposer, du côté canadien, d'un moyen de franchir la dénivellation de 6,4 m (21 pi) entre les deux lacs. C'est ainsi que le canal de Sault fut inauguré en 1895. Au cours de sa carrière commerciale, des milliers de bateaux l'ont emprunté. En raison de la faiblesse des murs, on a reconstruit en 1987 les écluses, qui sont désormais destinées à la navigation de plaisance. Au cours du siècle, le village s'est mué en ville importante. Vous êtes les bienvenus à Sault Ste. Marie, la moderne, ce qui ne vous empêche pas de faire un saut dans le passé ici même au lieu historique national du Canal-de-Sault Ste. Marie.
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