# Soo Canal Opens & Kellogg's Breakfast Flakes| May 31

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Podcast: [Michigan Minute](https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805)
Published: 2026-05-31T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-05-31/soo-canal-opens-kelloggs-breakfast-flakes-may-31
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## Resource

On this day in 1855, the Soo Canal linking Lake Huron and Lake Superior was opened. And in 1884, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented wheat flakes, revolutionizing breakfast.

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