SAULT STE MARIE ONTARIO CANADA

DON PUGH 2003 2003 Sault Sainte Marie is the name of two cities on the Saint Mary's River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. The Sainte may also be abbreviated as Ste. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (population 74,566) is a Canadian city, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (population 16,542) is an American city. Formally founded in 1668 by Father Jacques Marquette as one city, then split into two in 1818 (when the Upper Peninsula was finally transferred from the British province of Upper Canada to the United States), Sault Ste. Marie has the distinction of being the oldest city in both the province of Ontario and the state of Michigan. Sault Sainte Marie is Old French meaning "Saint Mary's Rapids," a reference to the rapids in the Saint Mary's River, which joins Lake Superior to Lake Huron. The two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate Highway 75 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Huron Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system by-passes the Saint Mary's Rapids via the Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA«