Hotels in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

A little about Sault Ste Marie...

Sault Ste. Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo") is a city on the St. Mary's River in Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,566 in 2001.

Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin Location and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of the Algoma District, with Heyden as the nearest community. To the south, across the river, is the United States and the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Area tourist attractions include the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site, boat tours of the Sault locks (which connect Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes), the Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site, Casino Sault Ste. Marie, the Art Gallery of Algoma and the Algoma Central Railway's popular Agawa Canyon Tour Train. Nearby parks include Pancake Bay Provincial Park and Batchawana Bay Provincial Park and Lake Superior Provincial Park. Winter activities are also an asset to Sault Ste Marie's tourism industry with the annual Bon Soo Winter Carnival, Searchmont Resort as a great ski and snowboard destination, Stokely Creek Lodge (cross country ski resort) and Hiawatha a nearby cross country ski trails. The city also hosts a large snowmobile trail system that criss-crosses the province of Ontario.

Searchmont Ski Resort:
Vertical, 750 feet (approx 230 m)
Slopes, 18 trails, 8 of which are a Canadian Mile (km.) or longer
Skiable Terrain, 100 great acres
Terrain Difficulty, 20% advanced, 60% intermediate, 20% beginner
Terrain Park, Multiple areas, table tops, grind rails & ramps
Snowfall, 200” (580 cm) annual average snowfall plus 90% terrain coverage with a state-of-the-art Snowmaking System
Lifts, 1 quad, 1 triple, 1 double, and 1 surface lift for the Learning Centre
Nordic, Groomed for skating & classic cross-country skiing.

A new non-motorized HUB trail is being created around the City (20 Km) so that walkers, rollerbladers and cyclists (snowshœing and cross country skiing in winter) can enjoy the beautiful and convenient circle tour around town. The Voyageur Hiking Trail, a long-distance trail that will eventually span from Manitoulin Island to Thunder Bay, orginated in Sault Ste. Marie in 1974.