Featured ships:

Friday Sept. 30 (Mostly Cloudy):

Manistique Lighthouse - Friday was a blustery day on the trip up to the Soo. Here, waves pound the lighthouse at Manistique, MI.
Alpena - My first ship of this trip entering the Poe Lock upbound
Saginaw - Downbound in the MacArthur Lock
Avenger IV and Barge - Downbound at Mission Point with a load of steel coils
Avenger IV - Close-up of the tug

Avenger IV and Barge PML 9000 - Close-up of some of the steel coils from Algoma Steel
Oglebay Norton - Downbound in the Poe Lock
Oglebay Norton & Ojibway - The supply boat leaves the Oglebay Norton after dropping off supplies in the Lower St. Marys River
Ojibway - Close-up of the supply boat heading back to base
Oglebay Norton - Bow view downbound at Mission Point

Oglebay Norton - Stern view downbound below Mission Point
Lee A. Tregurtha - Downbound in the Poe Lock
Lee A. Tregurtha - Downbound passing Mission Point
3 Ships below Mission Point - Downbound Lee A. Tregurtha meets upbound Cason J. Callaway and American Mariner
Lee A. Tregurtha - meets the upbound Cason J. Callaway below Mission Point

Joyce B. Gardiner - Tug downbound at Mission Point
Cason J. Callaway - Upbound near the rock pile below Mission Point
American Mariner - Upbound near Mission Point
Wolverine - Downbound in the MacArthur Lock Approach
Wolverine - Stern view in the MacArthur Lock

Wolverine - Downbound in the Lower St. Marys River
Lighted Fountain - At the Soo Locks Park after sundown
Reserve - Upbound in the Poe Lock at night

Saturday Oct. 1 (Mostly Sunny):

Pineglen - Upbound in the Poe Lock Saturday morning
Pineglen - Passing under International Bridge upbound in the Upper Poe Lock Approach
Federal Kivalina - Unloading at Algoma Steel Export Dock
3 Ships in Upper St. Marys River - (L to R) Upbound Pineglen, downbound Canadian Enterprise & Federal Kivalina
Canadian Enterprise - Downbound in the Upper St. Marys River at West Pier

Canadian Enterprise - Downbound in the MacArthur Lock
Stewart J. Cort - Upbound in the morning at Mission point
Stewart J. Cort - Upbound in the Lower St. Marys River at the Mission Street Boat Launch
Canadian Enterprise - Stern view downbound in the Lower St. Marys River
Lewis G. Harriman - The old cement carrier is already 2/3-rds scrapped at Purvis Marine in the Upper St. Marys River

Federal Kivalina - Still unloading at Algoma Steel Export Dock
Scottish Thistle - Tug turned pleasure craft downbound at Mission Point
Pleasure Craft - Another tug-turned-pleasure craft downbound at Mission Point (couldn't get the name)
Peter R. Cresswell - Upbound near the rock pile below Mission Point
Peter R. Cresswell - Upbound at Mission Point

Peter R. Cresswell - Stern view passing Mission Point
Federal Kivalina - Battened-down and ready to head out after a partial unload. The Peter R. Cresswell will take her place at the Algoma Steel Export Dock to load slag. When the Cresswell is finished loading, the Kivalina will be back to finish unloading. It seems that Canadian ships have priority at that dock whether or not it is occupied when they arrive.
Peter R. Cresswell - Entering the MacArthur Lock upbound to Algoma Steel
Peter R. Cresswell - Ready to depart the MacArthur Lock after being raised 21 feet
Roger Blough - Upbound passing the rock pile below Mission point in the early evening

Roger Blough - Stern view passing Mission Point
Roger Blough - Upbound in the Poe Lock after nightfall

Sunday Oct. 2 (Mostly Sunny):

Border Patrol Craft - Upbound leaving the MacArthur Lock on Sunday morning
American Spirit - Upbound in the Lower Poe Lock Approach
Cinnamon - Salt-water vessel upbound in the Poe Lock
Peter R. Cresswell - Loading slag at Algoma Steel Export Dock
Cinnamon - Upbound passing Sherman Park in the Upper St. Marys River

American Spirit - Upbound passing under the International Bridge in the Upper Poe Lock Approach
Peter R. Cresswell - Stern view loading at the Algoma Steel Export Dock
American Mariner - Downbound in the Poe Lock
American Mariner - Downbound at Mission Point
American Mariner - Stern view below Mission Point

USCG Alder - At the U.S. Coast Guard base in Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Paul Bunyan - U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers heavy-lift derrick barge at base in Sault Ste. Marie, MI
USCG Alder - Upbound leaving the USCG base
USCG Alder - Upbound in the Lower MacArthur Lock Approach
CSL Tadoussac - Downbound in the Poe Lock

Kaye E. Barker - Downbound in the (West) Upper Poe Lock Approach (shot from the EAST viewing tower at the Soo Locks)
USCG Alder - Entering the MacArthur Lock (view from above)
USCG Alder - Nameplate and Life Ring aboard the Coast Guard vessel
USCG Alder - Inboard-motor lifeboat onboard the vessel
CSL Tadoussac - Downbound leaving the Poe Lock

USCG Alder - About ready to depart the MacArthur Lock upbound (the vessel's home port is Duluth, MN)
Kaye E. Barker - Downbound in the Poe Lock
Pytheas - Greek Vessel upbound passing the rock pile below Mission Point
Pytheas - Passes behind the Sugar Island Ferry, Sugar Islander II, at Mission Point
Kaye E. Barker - Downbound at Mission Point

Kaye E. Barker - Stern view below Mission Point
Pytheas - Upbound in the MacArthur Lock
Pytheas - The circular device is known as a "Kent Clear-view Screen". The screen spins at high speed, providing a clear view ahead in bad-weather conditions.
Goviken - The salt-water ship downbound in the Upper St. Marys River
Another three-bagger - (L to R) Upbound Pytheas, downbound Goviken and Peter R. Cresswell at Algoma

Arthur M. Anderson - Upbound in the Poe Lock Approach
Algonorth - Upbound in the Lower St. Marys River near James A. Alford Park
Ziemia Cieszynska - Salt-water vessel with tug, Missouri, alongside in Lower St. Marys River
Another threesome - (L to R) Upbound Algonorth, downbound Goviken and upbound Ziemia Cieszynska
Goviken - Downbound at Mission Point

Goviken - Stern view downbound at Mission Point
Two Bows in the Locks - Algonorth in the MacArthur Lock and Ziemia Cieszynska in the Poe Lock
Algonorth - Bow view in the MacArthur Lock with Ziemia Cieszynska in the Poe Lock behind

Monday Oct. 3 (Gray & Overcast):

St. Clair - Upbound in the Upper St. Marys River at West Pier
Algosar (ex-Gemini) - Algoma tanker upbound at Mission Point
Algosar (ex-Gemini) - Stern view passing Mission Point
Federal Kivalina - Heading back to finish unloading (finally) at Algoma Export Dock
Peter R. Cresswell - Downbound in Upper Locks Approach at West Pier loaded with slag

James R. Barker - 1000-footer upbound at Mission Point
James R. Barker - Stern view upbound passing Mission Point
John J. Boland - Upbound at Mission Point
John J. Boland - Stern view passing Mission Point
USCG Katmai Bay - U.S. Coast Guard vessel at Coast Guard base in Sault Ste. Marie, MI with Peter R. Cresswell behind

James R. Barker - Upbound in the Poe Lock Approach
Sarah Spencer - Tug/barge vessel downbound near Mission Point
Jane Ann IV - Tug pushing barge Sarah Spencer downbound below Mission Point
John B. Aird - Downbound leaving the MacArthur Lock
Twosome at the Locks - John J. Boland upbound in the Poe Lock Approach and John B. Aird leaving the MacArthur Lock

John B. Aird - Stern view downbound past Mission Point
Reserve - Downbound at West Pier (shot from Ashmun Bay Boat Launch)
John J. Boland - Upbound at West Pier in the Upper St. Marys River
Two at West Pier - Upbound John J. Boland passes downbound Reserve
Reserve - Downbound in the Poe Lock

Paul R. Tregurtha - The largest ship on the Great Lakes upbound at Mission Point
Paul R. Tregurtha - Stern view upbound passing Mission Point
Reserve - Downbound passing empty park benches at Mission Point
Reserve - Close-up downbound at Mission Point
Reserve - Stern close-up downbound past Mission Point

Tuesday Oct. 4 (Get-away Day - Rainy):

Federal Kivalina - Still unloading at Algoma Export Dock - with this kind of weather it is time to head for home!