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Precious Blood Cathedral
Attractions in Sault Ste. Marie

Precious Blood Cathedral tops the list of what to see in Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie’s list takes in 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery. Every one of its 12 places to visit is inside Sault Ste. Marie’s municipal boundary. Of the places on our list, 2 are looked after by Parks Canada.

Photo: Precious Blood Cathedral, Fungus Guy (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Sault Ste. Marie
12
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
6
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
5
in or near town
Cared for
2
by Parks Canada
Best known

Must-know places in Sault Ste. Marie

CathedralPrecious Blood Cathedralin townMuseumCanadian Bushplane Heritage Centrein townArt galleryArt Gallery of Algomain townMuseumSault Ste. Marie Museumin townCathedralSt. Luke's Cathedralin townMuseumErmatinger Clergue National Historic Sitein town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Where to go

The list reaches out to Sault Ste. Marie Canal, 2.4 km away.

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The dashed line is Sault Ste. Marie’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

A breakdown by kind

There are more museums or galleries (6) than anything else, then forts or historic sites (5).

Museums & galleries 5 museums · 1 art gallery6 in town
Forts & historic sites 2 cathedrals · 1 national historic site · 1 historic ship · 1 historic site5 in town
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo1 in town

Green: inside Sault Ste. Marie. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Place by place

The 12 inside Sault Ste. Marie come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Sault Ste. Marie → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Sault Ste. Marie →

Know before you go to Sault Ste. Marie

What are the main attractions in Sault Ste. Marie?

The names to know inside Sault Ste. Marie’s municipal boundary: Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Art Gallery of Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

Does Sault Ste. Marie have a museum?

Yes, Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site and Heritage Discovery Centre, all in Sault Ste. Marie or within 5 km.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Sault Ste. Marie?

Yes: within 5 km of Sault Ste. Marie, the places run by Parks Canada are named in the By kind chart.

How is this list made?

One list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers: museums, galleries, national historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Historic buildings need a visitor sign such as opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article, and hotels, restaurants and tour operators never count. A place belongs to the town when it lies inside its 2021 outline or within 5 km of the edge.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).