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One of the Great Lakes' famous locks at Sault Ste. Marie has closed for the season to allow maintenance, but visitors can still see the system's larger lock in action until January. The smaller ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - The last freighter to make it through the Soo Locks before the huge system closed Thursday night for its ...

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System as amended a Planned Outage at Lock 7. Mariners are advised of a revision to the preplanned closure at Lock 7 for the replacement of Gates 1 and 2. Due to ...

Superior to Lake Huron and eventually to the rest of the lakes. The Soo Locks (the colloquial name) on the river handle up to 1,000-foot-long ships carrying bulk freight from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and ...

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 ...