Sault Portage

Portage Avenue at the Soo, on a June day in 2003. The town's surprisingly quiet for a mid-afternoon (about 4:00 pm) photo.

The ship in the background is Canadian Transport. She's waiting for Mesabi Miner (not shown here) to finish locking through the Poe Lock.

The American locks (neat MPEG from Corps of Engineers!) are a few yards to the right (north), running parallel to Portage street. Goetz's Lock View Restaurant has a fine view and reliably good food, and I think that's where we were headed when I shot this picture.