Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team 3 teams, with the Iroquois West team winning bronze. The tournament changed its name to the World Junior Lacrosse Championships in 2016 and added an under–17 division. The Iroquois had three under–19 teams – West, East, and Grand River – and an under–17 team. The Iroquois West team took gold, with the Iroquois Grand River winning bronze. The under–17 Iroquois team defeated Canada's under–17 squad to win gold. After missing a year, the 2018 World Junior Lacrosse Championship changed format again, this time an indoor under-20 round robin tournament featuring the United States, Canada and the Iroquois national teams. With
Point Iroquois Light the first recorded white men to the area. "From that time, Point Iroquois became a familiar landmark" for French explorers, fur traders and missionaries who followed. Sault Ste. Marie was the first white settlement in what became known as Michigan. In 1853 Congress, which had approved the construction of the first Soo Locks on the St. Mary's River, appropriated $5,000 for the construction of what would be the first lighthouse at Point Iroquois. In 1855-1856 the United States Lighthouse Board implemented this appropriation and built a wood and rubble stone lighthouse at the Point; this aid to navigation commenced operations