While ice is starting to close in on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for a few more days. When the season ends.

Editor's note: This story was created for broadcast on Friday, July 28, 2024. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Once a year, the Soo Locks open to the public for Engineer's Day. Visitors toured ...

Sault Ste. Marie is celebrating its largest icon with Engineers Day on Friday, June 27, but a security order by federal officials means people won't get as close to passing freighters as in the past.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan will open the Poe Lock to all marine traffic at 6 p.m. on March 22, marking the start of the 2024 Great Lakes shipping season. The ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks were set to close at midnight Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on the Great Lakes shipping season. The locks close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night and will remain ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Great Lakes shipping season is almost here. The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open the Poe Lock to all marine traffic on March 22 at 6 p.m., marking the start of the ...

The Soo Locks is set to open tonight, kicking off the 2024 shipping season on the upper Great Lakes. And there won’t be any last-minute guessing about which freighter will be the first ship through ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open early this year. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers announced the Poe Lock will open to all marine traffic at 6 p.m. on March 22, ...

SAULT STE. MARIE – Ongoing New Lock at the Soo construction activities are occurring in the St. Marys Falls Canal hydroelectric power plant tailrace. Beginning April 1, the tailrace is closed to all ...

Michigan's Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open to marine traffic about two weeks early this year, officials said. The Poe Lock will open to all marine traffic at 6 p.m. on March 22, the U.S. Army ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- You may not have heard about the Soo Locks Children's Museum, since it doesn't exist yet. But it's coming along with 6,000 square feet of space in two ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - The Soo Locks will open a few days early this season, kicking off the 2024 Great Lakes shipping season at 6 p.m. on March 22. The locks big Poe Lock, which has been closed for ...