sault ste marie became a city in 1912.
when did sault ste marie became a city?
1912
in 1870, the united states refused to give the steamer "chicona", carrying colonel garnet wolseley, permission to pass through the locks at sault ste marie. in order to control their own water passage, the canadians constructed the sault ste. marie canal, which was completed in 1895.





























sault ste. marie, ontario was incorporated as a town in 1887 and a city in 1912. the town gained brief international notoriety in 1911 in the trial of angelina napolitano, the first person in canada to use the battered woman defence for murder.
sault ste. marie, ontario
the 49th field regiment was authorized on 1 april 1946 first as the 58th light anti-aircraft regiment (sault ste. marie and sudbury regiment), rca, through the conversion of the 2nd (reserve) battalion, the sault ste. marie and sudbury regiment. in 1947 the regiment was renumbered as the 49th going through a number of name changes. from 1947 to 1952, it was designated the '49th heavy anti-aircraft regiment (sault ste. marie regiment), rca' and consisted of three batteries: no's 30, 148 and 153. the designation was then changed to the 49th (sault ste marie) medium anti-aircraft regiment, rca, then 49th (sault ste. marie) field artillery regiment, rca in 1962, and re-designated 49th field artillery regiment, rca in january 1981.
49th field artillery regiment, rca