Whitefish Island
Whitefish Island is an island in the St. Marys River, just south of Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario, Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
- Neighbors: Sault Sainte Marie
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge and Sault Canal Emergency Swing Dam.
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 Canal Emergency Swing Dam
Dam
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sault Canal Emergency Swing Dam is an all-metal structure built by the Dominion Bridge Company in 1896. It sits along the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal, to protect against the rush of water that would occur if something ever damaged the Sault locks.
Station Mall
Shopping center
The Station Mall is a shopping mall located on the downtown Sault Ste. Marie waterfront, approximately a kilometre from the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge to the United States.
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
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Whitefish Island
- Categories: river island, archaeological site, locality, and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.51067° or 46° 30′ 38″ northLongitude
-84.35449° or 84° 21′ 16″ westElevation
180 metres (591 feet)Open location code
86RQGJ6W+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 124553272OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Whitefish Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whitefish Island (pulo sa Ontario, lat 46,52, long -84,35)”
- Cebuano: “Whitefish Island”
- Dutch: “Whitefish Island”
- French: “île Whitefish”
- French: “Île Whitefish”
- Swedish: “Whitefish Island”
- Turkish: “Whitefish Adası”
- Turkish: “Whitefish Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Island and Whitefish Island Indian Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Whitefish Island”. Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.