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

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 ...

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 ...

During the peak shipping season, the Great Lakes region has well over 100 bulk carrier, self-unloading, straight-deck ...

The Joseph L. Block is the first ship through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for the 2024 season opening on ...

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.