Sault Ste. Marie is a city located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 16,542. It is the county seat of Chippewa County6. It is on the Canadian border, separated by the St. Marys River from the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
The city is the site of the Sault locks which let ships travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. Although not as busy as in past years, a considerable amount of domestic and foreign commerce passes through the locks. People come from around the world to view close up the ships passing through the locks. The largest ships are 1,000 feet long by 105 feet wide. Those large ships are domestic carriers (called lakers) that are too large to transit the Welland Canal around Niagara Falls. Therefore, they’re land-locked. Foreign ships (termed salties) are smaller.
Sault Ste. Marie is home to Lake Superior State University, located on what was once an army base.
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Hessel is an unincorporated community in Clark Township, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on Michigan State Highway 134 on the shore of Lake Huron in the southeastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is just north of Marquette Island, the largest of the Les Cheneaux Islands, and just west of neighboring Cedarville, which is about 35 miles due south of Sault Ste. Marie.
Hessel is the home of the “Antique & Classic Boat Show" which is held annually at the public docks.
Hessel is at 46° 00? 15? N 84° 25? 33? W. The
Paradise is an unincorporated community in Whitefish Township, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Paradise is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the western side of Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, about 60 miles by road from Sault Ste. Marie and about 55 miles north of the Mackinac Bridge.
Founded in 1925, Paradise is surrounded by state and national forests and its main business is tourism. It is considered one of two gateways to the Tahquamenon Falls area. (The other gateway is Newberry, about 40 miles to the southwest.) The area draws hunters, fishers, campers, backpackers, snowmobilers and
Kincheloe is an unincorporated community in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.
Kinchloe is located at the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township, just east of Interstate 75 and about 20 miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie and 37 miles north of St. Ignace. It is on the area formerly occupied by the Kincheloe Air Force Base, which covered 7,265 acres (29 km²). The base has been known by various names, including Kinross Municipal Airport, Kinross Army Air Field, Kinross Air Field, Kinross Air Force Auxiliary Field, and Kinross Air Force Base.
History
During World War II,
Bruce Township is a township located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 1,940.
Communities
Barbeau is an unincorporated community about 15 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie at 46° 17? 19? N 84° 16? 52? W. The ZIP code is 49710 and the FIPS place code is 05360. The elevation is 656 feet above sea level. Barbeau encompasses an area along the beautiful Saint Marys River where Great Lakes freighters can be seen at relatively close distance.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a
De Tour Village is a village located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 421.
The village is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Detour Township, at the turning point for the shipping channel connecting the St. Mary's River with Lake Huron and the Straits of Mackinac. Drummond Island, one of the largest islands in the St. Mary's River, is only one mile across the river from De Tour.
It was originally named Warrenville in 1848 after Ebenezer Warren, the first postmaster
