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Paul Sabourin gives Dave pointers on Lock history. Dave's new
novel, Dead Lock, is an action/thriller set in the middle of WWII. It centers on a Nazi plot to destroy
all four Locks during the commissioning ceremony for the MacArthur Lock on July 13, 1943. If the German effort succeeds, iron
ore shipments will cease and U.S. war production will screech to a halt.
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| Dave and Paul |
Dave and Paul stand next to a tug boat propellor outside the Locks Visitors Center. The Locks were the
most heavily guarded piece of real estate in North America during WWII. There were 7,000 U.S. troops stationed in Sault Ste.
Marie during the War to guard them. They were that important to the U.S. war effort.
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| Dave and Bernie |
Noted author and Soo historian Bernie Arbic points to some interesting historical facts from his book City
of the Rapids: Sault Ste. Marie's Heritage. Dave has spent many days checking and rechecking information to
ensure the accuracy of his new novel. In earlier trips to the Soo he interviewed a newspaper reporter who worked
at the Soo until 1941 and a former Army Intelligence Officer who was at the commissioning of the MacArthur Lock
in 1943.
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