Weekend Trippin': Sail away July 19!

SooToday.com, in partnership with Tourism Sault Ste. Marie are brings you a weekend feature highlighting the variety of  adventures available for you, your family, and visiting relatives right in our own backyard.

Mark the date because the Sault is the only official Northern Ontario port of call for the Tall Ships Challenge® Great Lakes 2013 tour.

It all happens the weekend of July 19th.

***************************************************

Sails on the St. Marys

Sails on the St. Marys is part of the second year celebration of a three-year bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812.

Sault Ste. Marie will be the only official Northern Ontario port of call for the Tall Ships Challenge® Great Lakes 2013 tour.

The Roberta Bondar Marina and Pavilion will host three tall ships July 19th – 21st: US Brig Niagara, SV Lynx, and Pride of Baltimore II.

While most of the war activities took place away from Sault Ste. Marie in 1813, this year we celebrate life on the lakes.

With our rich local history in shipbuilding, on deck tours will provide the opportunity for visitors to see life onboard the waters in 1813 and period re-enactors will be onshore showcasing life and times of the era...READ ON

*************************