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We were in White River just a few days before
this year's "Festival". |
Here's the official story of how Winnie came
from White River. |
It seems that every town in Canada has
beautiful flowers or gardens on display. |
Mo and Pooh Bear. |
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World's Largest Canada Goose, on display at
Wawa, Ontario (no kidding - that's the name of the town!) |
I enjoy interesting signs. Mo spotted
this one in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. |
Outdoor sculpture in Sault Ste. Marie - sorry
I cut off the top of the fishing pole! |
Another piece of the whimsical outdoor
sculpture. |
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Canadian towns have such wonderful flowers
and gardens - and more outdoor sculpture. |
A tent pavilion for summer concerts, and Mo
found a moose. Remember the moose.... |
On our Soo lock cruise, we traveled upstream
on the St. Mary's River that connects (Great) Lakes Superior and
Huron. This shows the bridge that connects Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. |
We cruised past the Algoma Steelworks on the
Canadian side. |
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This flame burns off excess hydrocarbons
produced during the coking process. It's a pretty insignificant part
of the steelmaking process, but it was fun to look at. |
One of three giant blast furnaces at the
steel mill. I remember watching one of these behemoths at work in
the Bethlehem Steel films that Dad used to bring home. |
The entrance to the Canadian locks on the
Lake Superior side. |
Just interesting - a "scare away"
owl on a light fixture at the locks. |
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The locks provide a lift of about 21
feet. This is looking at the "filled" lock through to the
Lake Huron side. This is similar to the lift provided at Seattle's
Ballard Locks (20.6 feet at mean low tide). |
Mo spotted this. I can't think of any
better demonstration of the refraction of light in water. All the
steps are evenly spaced, but those underwater clearly appear closer
together. |
With the water drained out of the locks, the
doors open and we sail out on the Lake Huron side. The locks use no
pumps - the water is fed and drained entirely by gravity. |
This is the hydroelectric powerhouse on the
Michigan side. It's about 1/4 mile long! |
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I warned you to remember the moose. We
passed it again on our cruise. |
Here's the high school steel drum band
performing in the park surrounding the locks. |
Most of the performers were really
concentrating on their music. |
With the locks in the background, we were
treated to views of several giant freighters inching slowly out of the
locks as the band performed. |
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This enormous ore carrier is the 1000 foot
(that's three and a third football fields!) SS James R. Barker. For
reference, that's 281 feet longer than the Edmund Fitzgerald. |
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