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

Ric Mixter, who has explored the Edmund Fitzgerald wreckage, brings his "Howling Winds" presentation about canine survivors ...

Less than one week into the shipping season – the Soo Locks opened on March 21 – the Boat Nerd map shows dozens of freighters ...

Great Lakes shipping season will open Friday when the Poe Lock in Michigan opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

“Opening the Soo Locks on March 21 will provide relief to the increased pressure that the Great Lakes Navigation System will face with the influx of foreign vessels, including the Canadian domestic ...

See the new exhibit on the Great Lakes and explore the historic Mather’s cargo holds, pilot house, guest quarters, and engine ...

transcript The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ... such as a schooner that sank in 1893 and was found last year, and a fleet of lumber ships that disappeared in 1914 and were discovered ...

There are 13 1,000-footers on the Great Lakes. The largest ship that passes through the Soo Locks is the Paul R. Tregurtha at 1,013 feet, 6 inches, which is larger than three football fields.