Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Joseph L. Block was the first freighter to come through the Poe Lock on Friday, March 22, 2024 to mark the beginning of the ...

The Soo Locks is set to open tonight, kicking off the 2024 shipping season on the upper Great Lakes. And there won’t be any last-minute guessing about which freighter will be the first ship through ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Hundreds of people filled Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter of the season use the locks. One woman made the trip from Holland, Michigan to watch. “It’s like everybody ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Soo Locks are open for the season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Joseph L. Block was the first ship through the Poe Lock on Friday evening, ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The opening of the Soo Locks each year is a sure sign that spring is in full swing and the shipping season is underway. Hundreds of people lined up along the Sault waterfront on ...