SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Michigan’s famous Soo Locks has set its closing date ahead of its annual winter maintenance work. And with this massive lock system closing for several weeks, it will cut off ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Great Lakes shipping season will begin a little sooner than expected with the Poe Lock opening on March 21. The Poe Lock, the larger of the two currently operational locks, was ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Hundreds of people filled Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter of the season use the locks. One woman made the trip from Holland, Michigan to watch. “It’s like everybody ...

A buoy in the St. Marys River was dragged out of position by ice, leading to the closure of a section of the river corridor ...

The massive freighters that ply the Great Lakes are back at work following the early reopening of the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 season, and they're doing it all under the watchful eyes of webcams that ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Soo Locks are open for the season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Joseph L. Block was the first ship through the Poe Lock on Friday evening, ...