What slowed shipping traffic hundreds of years ago in Sault Ste. Marie?
Ice
Pirates
Rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River
Lack of technology
Answer
Hundreds of years ago, the rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River slowed shipping traffic in Sault Ste. Marie. This required an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other.
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