SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks will be in the spotlight on Friday, June 27 as Sault Ste. Marie celebrates its largest icon with Engineers Day. Every year, the Soo Locks open to the public in a ...

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.

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 ...

Well past midnight and the planned closing time for the Soo Locks, the American Mariner made passage through the Poe Lock to bring down the curtain on the 2024-25 shipping season on the Upper Great ...

Thousands of ships pass through the Soo Locks on a yearly basis, but the winter season happens to be one of the busiest times of year there for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers. “We tried to cram ...

The 2023 shipping season on the St. Mary’s River navigational system officially started Friday night in Sault Ste. Marie. A few hundred die-hards watched from inside the Soo Locks Canal Park as the ...

Sault Ste. Marie's annual Engineers Day celebration will feature restricted access to passing freighters due to a federal order. Visitors will not be allowed to walk across the Soo Locks this year, ...