Here's a quick video of one of the Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours boats passing by the Sam Laud as they arrived in town earlier today... You can really get an idea of how close you get to the ships watching this... It's shaky sadly... something wasn't tight enough on my tripod so any little movement and it looks like the earth is shaking lol Anyway it's a short vid and I just thought it would show you what taking a tour on the tour boats can be like if ships are in town in the Harbor! | DRE Designs

10K views · 198 reactions | Spring is here and that means the Soo Locks will soon be open for a new shipping season! The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste Marie's cutter Katmai Bay was spotted breaking up ice before the opening of the Locks. OPENING DAY: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/soo-locks-opening-early-to-help-replenish-iron-ore-for-steel-mills Video Courtesy: Jay Gage | UpNorthLive | Facebook

1.4K views · 22 reactions | Using hundreds of historic images, some dating from the 1860s, Chief Park Ranger Michelle Briggs leads an exploration of the history of the Soo Locks in this episode of the Virtual Visitor Center. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District | Facebook

16K views · 1.1K reactions | When entering the Soo Locks Park in...

236K views · 2.1K reactions | 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 | Facebook