Less than one week into the shipping season – the Soo Locks opened on March 21 – the Boat Nerd map shows dozens of freighters traversing Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie and the ...

See the new exhibit on the Great Lakes and explore the historic Mather’s cargo holds, pilot house, guest quarters, and engine ...

During the peak shipping season, the Great Lakes region has well over 100 bulk carrier, self-unloading, straight-deck ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

Great Lakes shipping season will open Friday when the Poe Lock in Michigan opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from ...

The Great Lakes shipping season is kicking off this week as the the Soo ... This ensures you know what ships are close and ...

Octantis ties with its twin, the Viking Polaris, for the largest cruise ship on the Great Lakes. However, they are several hundred feet smaller than many freighters on the lakes, which can exceed ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892 ... Minch took his family aboard the ship for a cruise through the Great Lakes to escape the summer heat. Twenty-seven people ...

The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank. The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using ...

One of the first all-steel freighters on the Great Lakes ... estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell victim during ...