All aboard one of the most popular train tours in North America. Let the railway transport you 114 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Through the large windows of the newly refurbished coaches see towering trestles, pristine northern lakes and rivers, awesome granite rock formations and vast mixed forests of the Canadian Shield. This is the landscape that inspired the Group of Seven to create some of Canada’s most notable landscape art. A GPS…
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Saullt Ste. Marie has some of the best Golf courses to offer! Find out more and how to book a hotel package below. Sault Golf Course Built in 1919 this championship golf course is a George Cumming and Stanley Thompson design. It features 18 holes of the finest conditions in Northern Ontario. There are multiple tee boxes playing to a total of 6,766 yards. The club is located in the city of Sault Ste. Marie…
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Take any large map of North America and zoom in on the Great Lakes. That dot where Lake Superior, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan appear to converge near the Canada-US border? That’s Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario — my hometown. We were back recently for a family visit and to check out the local golf courses. I also made sure we had time for a few of my favourite things. Here’s a true insider’s guide to…
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“By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining big sea water…” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha. Situated in the heart of North America thousands of miles from any ocean, Sault Ste. Marie is still, in many ways, a maritime city. Its location at a strategic juncture of the Great Lakes, and the innumerable smaller bodies of water surrounding it, have made the Sault a key centre of nautical exploration, commercial shipping and…
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As you take a stroll through Frontier Village, you also take a step back in time to the turn of the 19th century. This popular Sault Ste. Marie tourist stop gives passersby a glimpse into what the Sault area looked and felt like during Frontier times in the 1800s. Located on the side of Highway 17 north, the Village is conveniently situated on your way in or out of town, and features a collection of…
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It’s a surreal experience to paddle a sea kayak into an imposing concrete, steel-clad chamber and feel the water level slowly rising beneath your boat. On a sunny July day, I’m retracing the upper St. Lawrence Seaway, paddling the St. Mary’s River through downtown Sault Ste. Marie and locking through to Lake Superior. Curious bystanders watched me call the lockmaster by marine radio, and when the sturdy lock gates folded open and I paddled into…
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Algoma Farmer's Market Welcome to the Algoma Farmers Market! For over 40 years, Algoma Farmer's Market has been providing locally prepared and grown product from apples to zucchini, organic meats, fresh baked goods, maple products and more. Learn about seasonal dates, times and locations, plus what's currently in season in and around the Algoma region. Homegrown and locally made - it doesn't get any better than that. The Winter Market is open at the Wellington…
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It is the fresh air and wide open spaces that we enjoy so much when we come back to visit family and friends in Northern Ontario. Ann and Mike Mitchell Come visit us. Plan your trip with Sault Ste. Marie's top tourism site.
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If you love motorcycle riding, snowmobiling, boating or ATVing, is your year-round destination for motorsports fun. At the heart of Canada’s great outdoors, Sault Ste. Marie is the ideal launching point for avid and casual motorsports enthusiasts alike. With easy access to long-distance tours or simple day trips, not to mention breathtaking natural scenery in every direction, Sault Ste. Marie is the motorsports gateway of Northern Ontario. Motorcycle riders itching to get their bikes out…
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We fell in love with the boardwalk on your waterfront. We stayed at the Delta Hotel for 3 days and made it a point to walk along the boardwalk each day. What an enjoyable experience. Mrs. Dellacasta – Flint, Michigan Book you stay at the Delta and experience Sault Ste. Marie's beautiful waterfront.
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