Soo Locks

Today was a relaxing day parked on the Soo canal. Lake Superior is 21 feet higher than Lake Huron. The connection is the St. Mary's River. the rapids betwen them were resolved in the late 1800's by building locks. Over 90% of the iron ore used to build the ships, tanks and artillery pieces used in WWII passed through these locks. Today we took a boat tour through the locks.
The first picture shows our boat. The others show a large ore boat, a shot of a railroad bridge in the raised position and a shot of a huge steel mill on the Canadian side. You can get the scale of the thing by the size of the tractor in the foreground. There is also a picture of a large ore carrier that passed by the campground.
It was nice to have a non-driving day to relax and catch up on a few things. It is also nice to have an unestricted internet connection.