The Soo Locks in northern Michigan reopened March 21, kicking off the Great Lakes shipping season.

The inaugural Freighter Festival of Races, a 5K and half marathon celebrating the start of spring and the Soo Locks opening, ...

Sault Ste. Marie celebrates the return of ships with a run/walk and Omer holds its annual suckerfish tournament.

The Poe Lock at the Soo Locks re-opened on Friday, March 21. The Clyde S. Van Enkvort tugboat and its partner barge, the Erie ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI -- The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season is now underway, with the first ship passing through the Soo ...

A new season of shipping on the Great Lakes is underway. That means you’ll soon see those large freighters once again.The Poe ...

Today marks the first day of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie opens for the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season, an official sign of Spring in Michigan! The U.S. Army ...

The Erie Trader was being pushed by the smaller Clyde S. Van Enkvort as it passed through the Soo Locks on Friday morning.

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. – Michigan State Police, the Army Core of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard worked together to rescue ...

The first ship of the season at the Soo Locks arrived a day early and remained anchored nearby until the big Poe Lock opened today.

The opening of the Soo Locks in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, on March 21 marks the start of the Great Lakes shipping ...