The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will close to all shipping traffic on Thursday night for the next two months for annual ...

The winter maintenance period lasts into March and allows crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform needed ...

The 1,004-foot-long American Spirit passed through the locks on Jan. 15, headed for Ohio with iron ore.

January, it's not long before the Great Lakes' largest ships dock for the season. Here's where to find them until March.

A timelapse video posted to social media shows a Great Lakes freighter make its final transit of the season through the. In ...

The M/V Herbert C. Jackson made her final trip through the Soo Locks for the 2025/2026 shipping season January 13.

Soo Locks is preparing to close for the shipping season. Marine traffic will halt beginning at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, or until ...

Well past midnight and the planned closing time for the Soo Locks, the American Mariner made passage through the Poe Lock to bring down the curtain on the 2024-25 shipping season on the Upper Great ...

One of the Great Lakes' famous locks at Sault Ste. Marie has closed for the season to allow maintenance, but visitors can still see the system's larger lock in action until January. The smaller ...

While you're in Michigan's Upper Peninsula this summer, consider a stop in Sault Ste. Marie, a quaint border town famous for its shipping locks. The area also features downtown shopping and dining, ...

The Great Lakes shipping season is kicking off this week as the the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie reopen early, marking the start of the 2025 season. The Poe Lock will open at 8 a.m. Friday, U.S. Army ...