Known as Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast, Whitefish Point is home to more than 200 shipwrecks preserved in the surrounding waters. When you’re back on dry land, drop by the Baaweting Anishinaabe Interpretive Center to view culturally significant items donated by tribal members and the River of History Museum for a self-guided audio tour with stories of Native Americans, French fur traders, and others who shaped the region. Mary’s River through the locks and all the way to the entrance of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.
The Famous Soo Locks Boat Tour offers a lighthouse cruise-a half-day, fully narrated voyage that traverses the St. Marie (pronounced Soo Saint Marie) or take one of two boat tours. See it yourself from the Soo Locks Park and Observation Deck in Sault Ste. This ingenious engineering connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron and allows around 7,000 ships-including huge freighters-to pass from the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes annually.
Army Corps of Engineers, the Soo Locks raise and lower boats with a series of gates and chambers that are powered by the force of gravity alone.
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