Engineer’s Day

Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2005 @ 9:08 am
Filed Under History, Lakers, Sault Ste Marie
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In June of every year the Corps of Engineers holds an open house at the Soo Locks, and thousands of fans show up to explore the grounds, view the passing ships from an unusual perspective, and look over the exhibits. Yesterday was that day, and Joan and I were among the crowd. Here we see some of the visitors crossing the massive gate which holds back Lake Superior at the the downriver end of the 105 foot wide Poe Lock.

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Pergola @ Old Mission Light

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2005 @ 3:06 pm
Filed Under Lighthouses, Traverse Bay Area, Vacations
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This pretty pergola is my favorite picture from last week's outing; the play of light on the trellis worked very well. If the rest of the fence at Old Mission Light was this attractive, folks would stop complaining about it....

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