Upper Peninsula II

At the Northeast corner of the UP is Sault Ste. Marie, "the Soo".  Gateway to Ontario, it's canal locks connect Lake Superior to the 21' foot lower Lake Huron.  It is a busy passageway, 1000' freighters are common; it is the world's busiest/largest canal, in terms of tonnage.

Took a tour of the "Soo" locks; above the lock closing at Lake Superior level;

then, 20 minutes later, 21' lower to Lake Huron level.

Visited the interesting shipwreck museum in Whitefish Point, Paradise; so many stories of ships sinking in the lakes.  Most famous, the Edmund Fitzgerald, once the largest freighter of it's kind, sank in November, 1975.  Matter of fact, many of the disasters came in Novembers.  Gordon Lightfoot made a great vocal on the Edmund Fitzgerald; there is a Youtube video with the music and words; I know all of you would remember it.  I would have included a shortcut here, but, once again, I couldn't figure out how to do it.

Saw this on one of the tours; a Gumbee Suit, designed to help crew members after the Fitzgerald sinking.