SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks were set to close at midnight Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on the Great Lakes shipping season. The locks close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night and will remain ...

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 ...

November 10 will mark 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior. It’s one of the region’s most popular ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Ship enthusiasts have another day to track the big freighters heading upbound and downbound, then the Soo Locks will close for several weeks for annual maintenance work. The big ...

SOO LOCKS, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- - The Soo Locks are now open. The shipping industry and major steel producers requested the locks open early. According to the Lake Carriers Association, extreme wind ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - An engineering marvel, the Soo Locks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is one of the busiest maritime locking systems in the world. Each year, more than 4,500 vessels use the locks.