People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — First Ship Through the Canal. [ARTICLE]

First Ship Through the Canal.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.. Sept. 4.—The tug L. D. Smith was the first American craft to pass through the new Canadian ship canal, making the trip yesterday morning at 11 o’clock. The canal will be opened to commerce Saturday or Monday,