The Sault Ste. Marie Canal, built in 1895, was the world’s longest lock, the first to operate using electricity and the last link in an all-Canadian navigational chain from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Superior. Today, the Canal is a great spot for boat-watching, picnics and a variety of other activities. Let a Parks Canada interpreter introduce you to the canal’s fascinating history, rent a Fat Bike, or join us for tea at the Superintendent’s Residence. Achevé en 1895, le canal de Sault Ste. Marie était non seulement l’écluse la plus longue au monde, mais aussi la première à fonctionner à l’électricité et le dernier lien d’un réseau de navigation entièrement canadien reliant l’océan Atlantique au lac Supérieur. Aujourd’hui, le canal est un endroit idéal pour observer des bateaux, pour pique-niquer et pour se divertir avec une variété d'activités amusantes. Laissez un animateur-guide de Parcs Canada vous introduire à l’histoire fascinante du canal, louez un vélo à pneus surdimensionnés, ou rejoignez-nous pour un thé à la demeure du directeur. Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)

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Annual Management Plan Implementation Update 2019-2020 / Compte rendu annuel de 2019-2020 sur la mise en œuvre du plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2020)

Annual Management Plan Implementation Update 2015 / Mise à jour annuelle de la mise en œuvre du Plan directeur de 2015 (Parks Canada, 2015)

Annual Management Plan Implementation Update 2016-2017 / Mise à jour annuelle de la mise en œuvre du Plan directeur de 2016-2017 (Parks Canada, 2016)

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2007)

Management Plan / Plan directeur Draft (Parks Canada, June 2018)

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2019)

Heritage Character Statements / Énoncés de valeur patrimoniale, Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site

Canal Bldgs: Office Building / Bâtiments du canal, bâtiment de bureaux (FHBRO No. 85-07, undated, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Power House / Centrale (FHBRO No. 85-07, April 10, 1992, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Canal Bldgs: Superintendent's House / Bâtiments du canal, maison du surintendant (FHBRO No. 85-06, September 23, 1986, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Canal Bldgs: Workshop / Bâtiments du canal, atelier (FHBRO No. 85-07, June 10, 1986, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Hometown Heroes / Héros de chez nous (Parks Canada, 2018)

Hydro Generation Feasibility Study, Sault-Ste-Marie Canal National Historic Site Draft (WSP Canada Inc. for Parks Canada, February 2020)

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sault Ste. Marie Historic Commercial District, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (William Rutter, March 20, 2019)

Powerhouse Structural Stabilization Project, Sault-Ste-Marie Canal National Historic Site Project #511SSM (WSP Canada Inc. for Parks Canada, June 2018)=

Powerhouse Structural Stabilization Project: Penstock Bulkhead Project Design Drawings, Sault-Ste-Marie Canal National Historic Site Project #511SSM (WSP Canada Inc. for Parks Canada, December 2020)

Powerhouse Structural Stabilization Project: Passive Ground Water Management Project Drawings, Sault-Ste-Marie Canal National Historic Site Project #511SSM (WSP Canada Inc. for Parks Canada, July 2021)

shoreLINES: Stories from our guides and guardians (Parks Canada, 2011-2020)

Technology in Transition : The 'Soo' Ship Canal, 1889-1995 Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History / Ètude en archèologie, architecture and histoire (Robert W. Passfield, Parks Canada, 1989)

The Canals of Canada, Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 8 (John P. Heisler, Parks Canada, 1973)

The Sault Ste. Marie Canal : A Chapter in the History of Great Lakes Transport / Le canal de Sault-Sainte-Marie Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History / Ètude en archèologie, architecture and histoire (Brian S. Osborne and Donald Swainson, Parks Canada, 1986)

Timeline: Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site (Date Unknown)

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the books which have been published for this park. ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 8 1973	Lieux historiques canadiens: cahiers d'archéologie et d'histoire no 8 1973	The Sault Ste. Marie Canal: A Chapter in the History of Great Lakes Transport Brian S. Osborne and Donald Swainson 1986	Le canal de Sault-Sainte-Marie Brian S. Osborne and Donald Swainson 1986
Technology in Transition: The 'Soo' Ship Canal, 1889-1995 Robert W. Passfield 1989	cover only The Border at Sault Ste. Marie Graeme S. Mount, John Abbott and Michael J. Mulloy 1995	cover only The Canal at Sault Ste Marie: The South Shore Quarry's Contribution to Canadian History Shirley Hoskins 2014