Sault's Waterfront Adventure Centre opens: The $2.3-million building welcomes corporate meetings.

• Date: 01 November 2019
• Author: Kelly, Lindsay

More than a century after Sault Ste. Marie residents initiated the city's first boating club, the waterfront site where it once flourished has returned to its roots, transforming into a multi-purpose site encouraging education, tourism and corporate functions.

In June, Sault College cut the ribbon on its $2.3-million Waterfront Adventure Centre, located along the St. Mary's River in the city's east end.

Designed by architect David Ellis and constructed by Barban Construction, both of Sault Ste. Marie, the centre is comprised of two buildings encompassing more than 5,000 square feet of space, with wood and neutral-coloured cladding to blend in with its surroundings.

It's been designed with multiple purposes in mind. Though it will primarily be accessed by students in the college's natural environment programs, it's also open for use by the public.

Katie Campbell, the centre's supervisor of programming and event planning, said in the five months it's been open, the centre has hosted a number of meetings for the college's board of governors and departmental staff.

But with its sweeping panoramic of the St. Mary's River, the site is poised to become a...