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Title: The dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska : handbook for travellers
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e City Hall (PI. 4), theCarnegie Library (PI. 6), and the Court House (PI. 5). To the W.lies Fort Brady, a U. S. military post (comp. Plan). Frequent steam-ferries cross to the Canadian Sault-Ste-Marie (International Hotel,$2-3; Algonquin, from $2, well spoken of; Cornwall, Leland,$ II/2; U. S. Com. Agent), a town with (1901) 7169 inhab., a hugepulp-mill, chemical works, a Bessemer steel plant, electric smel-ters, and large iron-ore docks. One of the things to do at the Soo is to shoot the Rapids in a canoegnided by an Indian, an exciting but reasonably safe experience (enquireat hotels). There is good trout-fishing above the Rapids and in the neigh-bouring streams, and the Indians catch whitefish with scoop-nets belowthe Rapids. — The island of Mackinac (see p. 223 and Baedekers UnitedStates) is easily reached from the Soo. — From Sault-Ste-Marie to Duluth f The channel is actually narrowed down to about 5 M. by the isletslying off Cape Hurd and the S. end of Manitoulin. St Paul.
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LAKE SUPERIOR. 46. Route. 225 by railway and by steamer along the S. shore of Lake Superior, see BaedekersUnited States. The old *St. Marys or Soo Ship Canal was constructed by the Stateof Michigan in 1853-5 and was 1800 yds. long, 100 ft. wide, and 12 ft. deep,with two locks, each 350 ft. long. The present canal, constructed by theU. S. Government, is 2330 yds. long, 108 ft. wide at its narrowest part (themovable dam), and 16 ft. deep. Its original lock is 515 ft. long, 80 ft. wide,and 39J/2 ft. deep. It has a lift of 18 ft. and can hold two large lake-steam-ers. The total cost of the canal enlargement was $2,150,000 (430,0001.).Even this, however, proved inadequate for the increasing traffic, and anenormous new lock, on the site of the two old locks of 1855, was openedin 1896, having a length of 800 ft., a breadth of 100 ft., and a depth of4374 ft. It can accommodate vessels drawing 20 ft. The cost of this newlock and the accompanying enlargement of the canal was about $ 5,000,000(1

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