026-01: The Locks at Sault Ste. Marie

Creator

George Fryer Sternberg 1883-1969, Fort Hays State University

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Identifier

sa2-026-01

Date

1-1-1914

Description

This black and white photograph features the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. A freighter named the O'Shaughnessy and a boat named Keewatin are in the process of going through the canal. The Sternberg party was on the Keewatin. A man is on the Keewatin in the lower center of the photograph and there are several people at the front part of the freighter. Two ships are in the distance and a long bridge is also seen in the background. Handwriting is below the photograph.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Expedition photographs, Boats, Sault Ste. Marie Canal (Mich.), Paleontology, Travel

Rights

© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

George F. Sternberg Collection

Repository

University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

Sternberg, George Fryer 1883-1969, "026-01: The Locks at Sault Ste. Marie" (1914). George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views. 81.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sternberg_album2/81

Language

eng

Transcription

Looking through the locks on the American side at Salt [sic] St. Marie aboard the Keewatin one of the C.P.R. lake boats. A large freighter the Oshangnnessy went through with us. (29042)