The story
- French · borrowed fromSault Ste. Marie“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”
- English todaySault Ste. Marie
Borrowed from French Sault Ste. Marie (“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”), from Middle French. The two cities were originally one until the US-Canadian border was defined as the St. Marys River (“St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.