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 ...

While ice is expanding on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for shipping for a few more days in 2026. The locks will remain open until Jan. 15, or until commercial traffic comes to an end. In ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Michigan’s famous Soo Locks has set its closing date ahead of its annual winter maintenance work. And with this massive lock system closing for several weeks, it will cut off ...

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.

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will close to all marine traffic beginning at 11:59 p.m. Jan. 15, or until commercial traffic ceases, through 12:01 a.m. March 25 for seasonal ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - The last freighter to make it through the Soo Locks before the huge system closed Thursday night for its annual winter maintenance was a 1,004-foot ship that has been a Great ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will close to all shipping traffic on Thursday night for the next two months for annual seasonal ...