Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan


Related Topics

In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
  Michigan State History - SHG Resources
The move toward statehood was slowed by the desire of Ohio and Indiana to absorb parts of present S Michigan, and by the opposition of southern states to the admission of another free state.
To resolve the boundary dispute Congress proposed that the Toledo strip be ceded to Ohio and Indiana with compensation to Michigan of land in the Upper Peninsula.
Marie and portage their cargoes around the rapids of the St. Mary's River, which drops twelve feet from Lake Superior to Lake Huron.
www.shgresources.com /mi/history   (3842 words)

  
 Fish Hawk Sport Fishing : Information
Lake Superior is part of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway system, and it is reached by oceangoing and lake vessels through the Sault Sainte Marie Canals, which bypass rapids in the St. Mary's River.
The principal cargoes are grain, flour, and iron ore. The lake does not freeze completely, but ice impedes navigation from mid-December to the end of March at the lake's outlet and from early December to the end of April in harbors on the south shore.
Sault Sainte Marie Canals, two ship canals by-passing the rapids on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, at the cities of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan and Ontario.
www.lakesuperiorcharters.com /information.html   (625 words)

  
 Sault Sainte Marie, city, United States
14,689), seat of Chippewa co., N Mich., Upper Peninsula, a port of entry on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; inc. as a city 1887.
The famous “Soo” locks on the St. Marys River draw visitors who watch heavily laden ocean vessels and Great Lakes freighters pass through the intricate system that links lakes Superior and Huron.
The discovery of great mineral deposits in the northwest stimulated the construction (1853–55) of the Sault Ste Marie Canal to facilitate the flow of ore; the locks have since been enlarged.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0843775.html   (217 words)

  
 UFO ROUNDUP Volume 7 Number 48
For their workers, the cases are related to extraterrestrial visitation, although government authorities have established that strange mutilations are due to a kind of wasp that could attack cows.
When the Bannockburn "failed to reach Sault Sainte Marie (Michigan), a massive search was launched.
Three tugs combed the lake, looking for any sign of the missing vessel...Stories circulated that she was sighted ashore near Michipicoten Island and other north shore locations.
www.ufoinfo.com /roundup/v07/rnd0748.shtml   (4191 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.