SAULT STE. MARIE — On July 20, the Original Soo Locks Boat Tours is celebrating the 90th anniversary of tugboat captain Milo Beechwood Welch making his first trip through the locks with an audience.

Click play to learn more about the Soo Locks and hear about that one time when a boat smashed into the lock doors. If you are reading this in your email, click over to the website so you can see ...

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 ...

Today, the city -- which belongs to Ontario on its north shore and Michigan on its south shore -- is famed for the Soo Locks, ...

(WXYZ) — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie are preparing to open at midnight on Saturday for the 2023 shipping season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit ...

(WXYZ) — The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie are a critical piece to the ever-important Great Lakes shipping industry. Each year, from late March through mid-January ...

“The Soo Locks are a vital part of our community ... Several freighters and other boats passed through the Locks during the event, giving a nod to the celebration.

Of the four U.S. Soo Locks—there is also one smaller lock used for recreational boats on the Canadian side—only two are currently active and just one, the Poe Lock, is large enough to handle ...

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 Soo Locks closed on Tuesday morning after the Philip ... Five are still on their way, so boat lovers can expect a few more arrivals. They’ll all get work at Fraser Shipyards in Superior.

“All blasting will be completed within the Corps of Engineers Soo Locks facility in the existing ... at the time of any blast detonations for recreational boats, fishermen, swimmers, and general ...