Soo Locks and Museum

After the time change again, it was a little late getting started. Checked out the Soo Museum. It is in the old post office that was build in 1906. Awesome architecture. Made out of sandstone that was cut from the locks and the red bricks were formed and fired from the silt that was taken from the lock excavations. Lovely red brick architecture in this town. Expect to see a lot more red brick houses and buildings as we travel east.

Took pics of an old snowmobile because I couldn't at the Snowmobile Hall of Fame. Pretty cool!

1940s gas powered toboggan

Teachers have it so easy now..

Then we headed for the Canadian Soo Locks. Back in 1987, their was a dock wall failure and it was closed until 1998 when the modifications were finished. Originally the lock dimension were 60ft by  900ft until modified it to 51ft wide by 253 long. It is used for recreational use only. The large commercial boats use the American locks.

Then we walked across the lock gates to Whitefish Island and out to the rapids. The indians used to fish these rapids for whitefish, but with building of the locks, it killed off all of the Whitefish. Since the locks have been in operation, a salmon fishery has developed in the Whitefish's place.