Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario sides of the river. Sault Ste. Marie is one of the oldest French settlements in North America. It was at the crossroads of the 3,000-mile fur trade route, which stretched from Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie and to the North country above Lake Superior. A cosmopolitan, mixed population of Europeans, First Nations peoples, and Métis lived at the village spanning the river. The city name originates from "Saults de Sainte-Marie", archaic French for "Saint Mary's Falls", a reference to the rapids of Saint Marys River. Etymologically, the word "sault" comes from an archaic spelling of "saut" (from "sauter"), which translates
Sault Ste. Marie City Council and across the province: Council elected in the 2006 municipal election: Council elected in the 2010 municipal election: Council elected in the 2014 municipal election: The 2018-2022 Council is the first term of the Sault Ste. Marie City Council with 10 Councillors representing five wards. The Council was elected in the 2018 municipal election: The youngest city councillor in Sault Ste. Marie history is Robert Gernon, who was elected in 1976 in Ward 6 at the age of 25. Gernon served two terms on council. The oldest city councillor in Sault Ste. Marie's history is Frank Manzo, whose last term