Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ("rapids" in French). In 1668, French missionaries Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette founded a Jesuit mission at this site. Sault Ste. Marie developed as the fourth-oldest European city in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains, and the oldest permanent settlement in contemporary Michigan state. On June 4, 1671, Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson, a colonial agent, was dispatched from Quebec to the distant tribes, proposing a congress of Indian nations at the Falls of St. Mary between Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Trader Nicolas Perrot helped attract the principal chiefs, and representatives of 14 Indigenous nations were invited for
Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport feet (218 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,234 by 100 feet (1,595 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 9,067 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day. In January 2017, there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 1 multi-engine. Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport , also known as Sanderson Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Sault Ste.