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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Ontario, Canada, at the falls of the St. Marys River opposite Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Sault Sainte Marie Canals, which bypass the rapids, allow passage between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
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- noun a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan
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Sault Sainte Marie is Old French meaning "Saint Mary's Rapids," a reference to the rapids in the Saint Mary's River, which joins Lake Superior to Lake Huron.
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The cities in Ontario and Michigan are abbreviated this way, reflecting the full name Sault Sainte Marie.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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The cities in Ontario and Michigan are abbreviated this way, reflecting the full name Sault Sainte Marie.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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At age 24, the Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario native was yet to make his mark in the National Hockey League.
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They went up the Ottawa, then by wild lakes and rivers into Lake Huron, through the labyrinth of islands in the Georgian Bay, and by the Sault Sainte Marie into Lake
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Fort Detroit, Sault Sainte Marie, on to Lake Winnipeg and even beyond; other forts commanded the Wabash and Illinois rivers, and followed the
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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The Grey Nuns (from Ottawa) have charge of the two hospitals of Sudbury and of Sault Sainte Marie, and also a few schools.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In 1668 the Jesuits founded the mission of Sault Sainte Marie.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Alexandria (1890) and Sault Sainte Marie (1904) were erected and added later.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Marie and Marquette contains about 2000 Catholic Indians in 12 Indian missions, attended by the Jesuit Father at Sault Sainte Marie.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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