The standard guide; Mackinac Island and northern lake resorts . falls. When Michigan was admitted to the Union, one of the first public en-terprises undertaken by the new State was to provide a ship canal for theSault. In 1852 Congress granted 750,000 acres of lands, the proceeds ofwhich were to go to building the canal. In 1855 the State canal wasopened; it was 4,500 feet in length and had two locks. The demands ofan increasing lake commerce outgrew the capacity of the State lock, andthe construction of a new one was undertaken by the Government, at acost of nearly one million dollars. This w
The standard guide; Mackinac Island and northern lake resorts . falls. When Michigan was admitted to the Union, one of the first public en-terprises undertaken by the new State was to provide a ship canal for theSault. In 1852 Congress granted 750,000 acres of lands, the proceeds ofwhich were to go to building the canal. In 1855 the State canal wasopened; it was 4,500 feet in length and had two locks. The demands ofan increasing lake commerce outgrew the capacity of the State lock, andthe construction of a new one was undertaken by the Government, at acost of nearly one million dollars. This was opened in 1881, and was namedafter Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, of the United States Army, the engineer incharge. The Weitzel Lock is 515 feet in the basin, 80 feet wide, and 39^^feet deep, and has a draft of 17 feet on the miter-sills. A second Govern-ment lock, taking the place of the old State lock, was opened in 1896. Itis named the Poe Lock, after Gen. Orlando M. Poe, U. S. A., the con-structing engineer. The length of basin between gates is 800 feet, width. /^ ? ? u
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