You may have
noticed my alternate spelling for Sault St. Marie, it seems to be a common
shorthand for the name. The next leg of
our journey was a two day trip down the St. Marys River.
But I have a
little more interesting information about the Soo. Water Street a historic block that fronts the
marina includes several historic homes including the Bishop Baraga house, Johnson
House, and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
office. Schoolcraft was the first indian
agent in the area. Schoolcraft married
one of the Johnson daughters and they continued to live in the Johnson house
which dates back to the early 1800’s.
Henry Rowe
Schoolcraft office
Back to St.
Marys River which was a blur the first day due to the fog and rain but the AIS
absolutely was a must with the laker traffic.
The term ‘laker’ is used to refer to the ships (also referred to as 'boats' on the lakes) that stay within the
Great Lakes and ‘salty’ refers to the ocean going vessels. I use the term loosely to refer to all the
big ships on the lake. The AIS worked
great clearly identifying and scaring the crap out of us the first couple of
times the ‘collision alarm’ went off. We
anchored in a little area off the river by nun and can #’s 25 and 26 by the
rock cut in about 15 feet of water.
All the rain
and fog of the day before was worth the price of a gloriously sunny next
day. We continued down the river to
Detour Village, MI for the Fourth.
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