While ice is expanding on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for shipping for a few more days in 2026. The locks will remain open until Jan. 15, or until commercial traffic comes to an end. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAULT STE. MARIE — It's anchors aweigh on the Great Lakes as the 2025 shipping season is now open. The Poe Lock at the Soo Locks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1,004-foot-long American Spirit was the last Great Lakes freighter to traverse the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 shipping season ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says public access around the Soo Locks will be limited for Engineers Day on June 27. Access will be limited to the Canal Park "out of an abundance of caution, in ...

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 ...

(WXYZ) — The MacArthur Lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie reopened to shipping traffic on Sunday after a critical repair that took longer than planned ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will close to all shipping traffic on Thursday night for the next two months for annual seasonal ...

The Soo Locks are a system of parallel locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan that allow ships to travel between Lakes Superior and Huron by bypassing the fast-moving rapids of the Saint Marys River.

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.