Soo Locks
The Soo Locks are a set of parallel locks, operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sault Locks Park and Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge.
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
Bridge
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge spans the St. Marys River between the United States and Canada connecting the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Soo Locks.
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Methodist Episcopal Church is a United States historic church at 111 E. Spruce Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1993. Central Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Soo Locks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sault Sainte Marie and Sault Sainte Marie.
Sault Sainte Marie
Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0.
Sault Ste Marie or is a city of 14,000 people in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, across the river from the twin city of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in Canada.
Sault Sainte Marie
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Sault Ste. Marie is a city of approximately 72,000 people, in Northern Ontario. It is the beginning and end point of the Agawa Canyon Tour Train. Directly across the St. Mary's River—and the Canada/US border—is its twin city, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Soo Locks
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, United States of America
- Category: lock
- Location: Chippewa, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Soo Locks” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أقفال سو”
- Cebuano: “Soo Locks”
- Chinese: “蘇水閘”
- Czech: “Soo Locks”
- Dutch: “Soo Locks”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اقفال سو”
- French: “Ecluses du Sault”
- French: “écluses du Sault”
- French: “Écluses du Sault”
- German: “Soo Locks”
- Hindi: “सू नहर”
- Italian: “Chiuse di Soo”
- Japanese: “スーセントマリー運河”
- Japanese: “スーセントメリー運河”
- Swedish: “Sault Locks”
- Swedish: “Soo Locks”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Soo Locks”. Photo: USGS, Public domain.