Great Lakes freighters and their crews don’t get the day off for holidays. “When sailing the (Great) Lakes, our mariners work every day to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing ...

The massive freighters that ply the Great Lakes are back at work following the early reopening of the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 season, and they're doing it all under the watchful eyes of webcams that ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It will be at least another day mired about a mile off shore from Buffalo for the crew of the Great Lakes freighter Manitoulin, which became stuck in ice after leaving the Queen City ...

“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? The searches all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay if they’d put fifteen more miles behind her” — Gordon ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks were set to close at midnight Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on the Great Lakes shipping season. The locks close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night and will remain ...

As an extension of our Outdoors Bound franchise, we bring you a series of occasional “Road Trip” reports. They are a way for us to provide you with outdoors vacation ideas and even “bucket list” ...

Swimming in all five Great Lakes in a single day is challenging but possible. Increased border enforcement may the Canadian route less appealing. An all-American route avoids border crossings but adds ...

Swimming in all five Great Lakes in a single day is challenging but possible. Increased border enforcement may the Canadian route less appealing. An all-American route avoids border crossings but adds ...