Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

**Sault Ste. Marie**


Area Population Pop'n density	715 km2 74,948 (2006 census) 110.3/km2
created	1912
Province	Ontario
Mayor	John Rowswell
Time Zone Postal Code Area Code	Eastern Standard (UTC-5) P6(A-C) 705

Sault Ste Marie is the third largest city in northern Ontario, Canada with 74,948 census.

Sault Ste Marie is on the border of Ontario and Michigan.

John Rowswell was elected as mayor in the 2000 municipal election.

It is found on the St. Marys River.

The area was originally named Baawitigong, which means "place of the rapids" by the Ojibwe tribe.

Sault Ste. Marie has its own Walk of Fame.

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Ojibwe fishermen in the St. Marys Rapids, 1901
Sault Ste. Marie Museum in downtown Sault Ste. Marie
Turning the first sod ceremony for the construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, 30 July 1890
Steel factory in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
St. Mary's Paper, now closed
Sault Ste. Marie at night from the International Space Station in 2016
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (left), Soo Locks and International Bridge (centre), and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (right), with St. Marys River in the background
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, with the International Bridge and rail bridge in background
The Highway 550 roundabout in Gros Cap with the PUC's water intake building shown in the middle
Sault Ste. Marie's Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre