While you're in Michigan's Upper Peninsula this summer, consider a stop in Sault Ste. Marie, a quaint border town famous for its shipping locks. The city sits along an international border on the St.

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 ...

Phase 3 advances on the New Lock at the Soo in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., adding a second Poe-size chamber for 1,000-ft freighters. Phases 1 and 2 are complete; Kokosing-Alberici-Traylor JV leads Phase ...

Rendering above depicts how the Soo Locks will look once the New Lock at the Soo is complete in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The new lock will be built in the footprint of the Sabin Lock, which is being ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WXYZ) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the remaining phase three construction options have been awarded for the new lock ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – This is your chance to get an up-close view of the Soo Locks. You can even walk across one of them. Sault Ste. Marie will celebrate the 250th “birthday” of the U.S. Army Corps ...

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, ...

The 1,004-foot-long American Spirit passed through the locks on Jan. 15, headed for Ohio with iron ore.

The latest cost estimate for the 10-year mega project in Sault Ste. Marie to build a new shipping lock has taken the price tag from $2.9 billion down to about $2.62 billion ― a nearly 10% reduction.

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – It’s mid-October and that means peak fall colors in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. With its famous Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie is one U.P. destination not to miss ...

Sault Ste. Marie is a popular tourist town in the northeastern Upper Peninsula. The city sits along the St. Marys River on the U.S. Canada border. While you're in Michigan's Upper Peninsula this ...