While some ship fans want to see their favorite freighter lining up to claim “first through” honors, it’s aways fun to see something different take the prize.

The annual Engineers Day celebration at Soo Locks Canal Park will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the viewing platform ...

SOO LCOKS, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Soo Locks are back in action—kicking off the 2026 shipping season just after midnight ...

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 ...

Though the Soo Locks opened for the season on Wednesday, a standstill followed. As ice prevents ship traffic from flowing, an ...

Upbound ships wait for the Soo Locks to open for the 2026 shipping season on March 25. The locks connect Lake Superior, and ...

The locks, which have been closed since January, reopen Tuesday night and usher in the 2026 shipping season.

They threw open the door and no one has come. That’s the situation Mark Gill finds himself in as the director of vessel traffic at the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie. The locks opened early Tuesday ...

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.