The Soo Locks park and viewing platform will open at 11:30 p.m. March 24 to allow visitors to welcome the first passing ship, ...

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

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to all marine traffic at 12:01 a.m. EST on March 25, marking the start ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sure sign of spring is the re-opening of the Soo Locks following its annual winter maintenance. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

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 Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open for the 2025 shipping season on March 21. The opening of the locks marks the start of the Great Lakes shipping season. The Soo Locks allow vessels to ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The 2025 shipping season is on course to be ahead of schedule after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Friday that the Poe Lock at the Soo Locks will reopen on ...

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 ...

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.