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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AB_the-chicora-incident_Sault-Ste.-Marie-Ontario.html
In May, 1870, Col. Garnet Wolseley arrived here with an expeditionary force of British regulars and Canadian militia aboard the steamer "Chicora". They were travelling to Fort Garry on the Red River to put down an uprising led by Louis Riel. The c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AA_the-north-west-company-post_Sault-Ste.-Marie-Ontario.html
Travellers on the canoe route to the West had to make a portage around the St. Mary's rapids. The North West Company established a fur-trading post south of the river by 1791. After the British abandoned their occupation of the American midwest, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20A8_francis-hector-clergue_Sault-Ste.-Marie-Ontario.html
A Maine-born promoter, Clergue transformed Sault Ste. Marie into a major industrial centre. He purchased an unfinished hydroelectric station and canal at the Sault in 1894; then, lacking markets for his electric power, he created his own interdepe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM205V_sault-ste-marie-ship-canal_Sault-Ste.-Marie-Ontario.html
Completed in 1895, this canal formed the last link in an all-Canadian navigation system stretching from the St. Lawrence River to Lake Superior. Designed and built by Canadians, the canal incorporated several engineering innovations. It was the wo…