Snow in the Sault

November 19, 2008 The Soo received several inches of beautiful snow today. Thought you would like to see the pictures. What a winter wonderland.

St. Marys River is a Fish Boutique

Technology helps me keep up with what is going on in the Sault. I use Google News Alert. Everyday, Google sends me an email with all the news articles where Sault Ste. Marie is mentioned. You can have any subject sent to you as often as you would like. I really like it.

I found the following article this morning, Fishing in the Sault.

The article is about fishing on the St. Marys River right now. The author tells how the St. Marys River is such a great place to fish. "our boutique fishery, and I wish we could get more people to take advantage of it."

"If you'd like a preview of the kind of fishing that is available on the St. Marys, take a look at Lake Superior State University's underwater Webcam at the school's aquatics research laboratory in the Soo Edison electric generating plant.

The Atlantic salmon fishery in the St. Marys is the result of a decades-long effort by LSSU, and an online visit to www.lssu.edu/arl/fishcam offers proof of its success.

Our family enjoys watching the webcam. It is even possible to observe lamprey on salmon which is a concern.

This is where the webcam is located.

My family learning about the LSSU Fisheries hatchery last summer.

Shipwreck Victim from Sault Honored

Harold Mullen, from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, lost his life on November 11, 1940 in the sinking of the William B. Davock. He was one of 33 men lost in the terrible November storm. His son, Harold, commemorates the occasion every year. You can read the story at Son Honors Father.

Do any of you have remember this man or this ship?

November in the Sault

Closed for the Season

Many places in the Upper Peninsula do close for the winter for one of two reasons. Either the upcoming weather will make the activities impossible such as Four Mile Beach shown in the above photo. Or there may not be enough customers to sustain the business when people tend to travel less.

There is lots going on in the Sault however. The Locks are still in operation. The Pullar has a new sign, shown here, and there is lots of hockey there as well as at LSSU.

I attended a lecture last Friday at the Chippewa County Historical Society. Dr. Karl Hele from Sault, Ontario told us about the early church missions here and especially the work of Charlotte Johnston McMurray. Charlotte, daughter of John & Susan Johnston, is not as well-known as her older sister Jane Schoolcraft, but she was equally as gifted and used her gifts to minister in the Anglican Church.

There are several annual crafts shows going on, including Pickford this weekend. I'm not much for that as I'm trying to downsize my belongings to fit into my little cabin on the river full-time. It will be quite a big job since my home nowo has 4 bedrooms and many rooms full of my 'stuff.'

This was the view on Scenic Drive yesterday. There is such beauty in winter. The first two pictures were taken last Thursday and this snow-globe scene was just taken 6 days later.

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Service

Next Monday, November 10, is the 33rd anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I remember that night because my husband and I were returning from a trip downstate. We got to the Mackinac Bridge and found it closed because of the high wind.

There is an Annual Fitzgerald Memorial Service on Monday at 7 PM at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. It is open to the public and free to attend.

You can see more details at Annual Fitzgerald Memorial Service.

Share with us if you have memories about the time the Fitzgerald sunk.

Are any of you planning to attend?