While ice is starting to close in on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for a few more days. When the season ends.

Ice on Lake Erie is a familiar sight most winters, but as we've been telling you, an exceptionally cold December brought the ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Michigan’s famous Soo Locks has set its closing date ahead of its annual winter maintenance work. And with this massive lock system closing for several weeks, it will cut off ...

Shippers of taconite from the iron range to the north have until Jan. 15 to get shipments throught the Soo Locks that allow ...

To date, the Great Lakes as a whole are just shy of 15% ice coverage, up from the 10% average for this time of year.

Shipping season is underway on the Great Lakes; and while nearly everyone is familiar with the dangers if "the gales of November come early," sailors know just as well how dangerous early season ...