Algoma 2013

Ducks.

From the air. The Twin Lakes (one of them) in the foreground at left.

St Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada

Not entirely sure where this was ... somewhere around Manitoulin Island.

Here is the International Road Bridge (white) with the Railway Swing Bridge (black, opened here to allow canal traffic to pass) and the amazing red bridge, which is actually an emergency control for the canal. In 1909 it was used ... it swings across the canal in case the lock collapses (as it did then) and holds the water back by means of a series of battens that are lowered one by one from the bridge to stop the rushing water. I took a picture of the sign that explains this (better) which I will upload at some point.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, with the International Bridge and the Railway Bridge in the background.

Highway 17 East (currently being resurfaced) at the Highway 548 exit.

The yellow house is a bit of a landmark. I read a story in the paper about its history once but I have forgotten it all. Since about 2005, Echo Bay is no longer on the Trans-Canada Highway (the new dual carriageway route shifts inland just east of town) so few travellers will see the yellow house anymore.

St. George's Anglican Church.

I'm not sure what is going on with my camera but here is a street in Echo Bay.

Looking north up Highway 638 toward Leeburn.

This very old hotel has been revived. Looks quite nice.

The St. Mary's Paper buildings are apparently being demolished. That is a great loss. They are building a huge new Canada Customs and tourist information area at the end of the Bridge. This requires the demolition of many buildings. St. Mary's Paper was the second big industrial plant in the Sault.

The road bridge and the rail bridge on the U.S. side, with the rail bridge having both a lift span and a raising span as it crosses the locks on the American side.

In the Canadian lock.

Another picture of the U.S. part of the bridge.