• Sunday-What'sUP February 3 - 09:02 am

Our Day in History is now available in video format on Pasty Central's Facebook page. The Groundhog Day installment mentions the beginning of the U.S. forces occupation of the Canadian side of the Soo Locks, on this day in 1942. A couple of years ago there was an excellent article in Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine with the details.

This weekend we mailed out an invitation to schedule Valentine pasty deliveries, and there has been a record burst of orders that may have bogged down our server today. Wonder if it had anything to do with the Super Bowl?

Thanks for stopping by Pasty Central. Have a good week :o)

Wow!!! Another great 'save'! Thanks Charlie!!

Thank God for the friendship between Canada and the U.S.

7200 soldiers were stationed at the Soo.

Interesting, well written article----thanks for
posting! Paul LaVanway

My brother-in-law was with the USCG and was stationed on the Wm. H. Donner at that time. His outfit was moved to the Soo because of the occupation of German U-boats off the east coast.

Interesting story. My Aunt Mary Hatcher Schneider's
grandfather was stationed at Fort Brady some years
before WWII. I don't recall his name. He had joined
the Army shortly after the Civil War and was part
of the force that went into the site of the Battle
of Little Big Horn and buried our soldiers. He
married late in life, which is why Mary, who died
last year at age 80, had a grandfather who was born
around 1855.

The locks were critical in the war effort during WWII. The iron ore from the iron ranges had to be transported through the locks to the mills for the production of steel.