Neighbourhoods in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario only on maps). Today, just one street deviates from the suburban naming rule: Lake Street, which expanded into the neighbourhood from the south. Pointe des Chênes (French for "Point of the Oaks" or "Oak Point") is a waterfront area in the western end of the city, near the Sault Ste. Marie Airport. Named for the beach of the same name that opens onto Lake Superior, Pointe des Chênes contains waterfront homes on country roads and much undeveloped space. A recent development proposal would see a significant wetland on Lake Superior's shore be removed. Steelton was originally its own community developed
Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district) Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district) Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the City of Sault Ste. Marie. The riding was created in 1902 from part of Algoma East, and originally consisted of a large section of Algoma District from the boundary of Thunder Bay District to the mouth of the Echo River. It has essentially had the same boundaries (that of the city of Sault Ste. Marie) since the 1966 redistribution. Prior to 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They