SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The popular Soo Locks Visitors Center opened for the season today, ready to welcome freighter fans to this engineering marvel. Every year, the visitors center sees more than 500 ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Cruise ships will be among the visitors at the Soo Locks this year. The 2025 cruise ship season is coming to Sault Ste. Marie. Some of the ships will even traverse the locks on ...

The 1,004-foot-long American Spirit was the last Great Lakes freighter to traverse the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 shipping season on Thursday, Jan. 15, as the facility closes for winter maintenance.

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's a race to the finish of the shipping season and the closure of the Soo Locks. The M/V Herbert C. Jackson made her final trip through the Soo Locks for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAULT STE. MARIE — The Great Lakes shipping season will begin a little sooner than expected with the Poe Lock opening on March 21.