Andy and Kade are in Sault Ste. Marie for a boat tour through the Soo Locks with Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours, featuring freighters, cruise ships, and more on the St. Marys River. | MI Playground

First Two Freighters to the Soo Locks Friday during the lunch hour. First video is of the Stewart J. Cort rounding Rotary Park in Sault Ste Marie, MI at normal speed. We are saluted by the Cort :08 into the video. (a car on the ferry saluted back at the Cort!) Second video is the Philip R. Clarke at 2x speed. Video from West Pier Apts on the West End of the Soo Locks. Clarke lining up to get moored. **According to the Army Corp of Engineers, it will the Cort passing through at 12:01a.m. tonight!

Another Look: Here is a different look at the Soo Locks first ship last Friday in a time-lapse video taken from the Poe Lock miter gate. In the video, the Joseph L. Block — the first ship of the 2024 navigation season — and the Indiana Harbor enter the lock and then rise to the Lake Superior water level before exiting westward. #USACE #SooLocks #GreatLakesNavigationSystem | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District

Take a look behind the scenes of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan with the Chief Park Ranger Michelle during this Virtual Visitor Center program. Using current and historic images, get a glimpse at how the locks operate and what it takes for crews to keep them functioning in peak condition. #SooLocks #AtWorkfortheNation #ServingtheNation #USACE #COVID19 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District