🚢 Freighter Friday Alert! We just Gott the Gott 🤪 Down at Mission Point in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, we had an amazing view of the Edwin H. Gott gliding past the Sugar Island Ferry. Mission Point is one of the BEST spots to watch these 1,000-footers up close—but if you really want the ultimate experience, hop aboard the Original Soo Locks Boat Tours! We’ll put you right next to these Great Lakes giants for unforgettable moments. ❤️ Come join us this season and let’s make some freighter memor

48K views · 1.9K reactions | The biggest freighter on the Great Lakes, the Paul R. Tregurtha, passes by Rotary Park in Sault Ste. Marie and gives a salute to everyone watching. The Tregurtha, also known as the Queen of the Great Lakes, is 1,013.5 feet long. | MI Playground | Facebook

2.8K views · 4.8K reactions | Ever wonder what life was like on a Great Lakes freighter? Explore Museum Ship Valley Camp in Sault Ste. Marie and find out! #UPTravel #PureMichigan #MichigansUpperPeninsula #UpperPeninsula #Michigander #UP #Travel #Vacation #Explore #Adventure #History #Museum | Michigan's Upper Peninsula | Facebook

24K views · 434 reactions | Long week? Take a break with this calming video of the Great Lake frieghter Joseph L Block exiting the Soo Locks into Lake Superior.  captured by David Kaye Thursday evening, January 7, 2021 | MLive.com | Facebook

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Cutter Bristol Bay came to the aid of the 690-ft vessel Herbert C. Jackson after it became beset by ice last week on the St. Clair River. Cpt. Ben Feinman of the Jackson caught the process on camera. The Jackson is the smallest ship in the Interlake Steamship Company fleet and was heading to Detroit to finish their season when it became surrounded by ice. 🎥: Ben Feinman/Interlake Steamship Company #freighter #freight #ship #shipping #greatlakes #grea

17K views · 428 reactions |  A 729-foot freighter vanished with 29 men. It happened on Lake Superior—just 50 years ago. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank suddenly in a ferocious storm on November 10, 1975. The Fitzgerald’s mysterious fate (immortalized by a folk song) remains one of the Great Lakes’ most haunting shipwrecks. Have you heard this story before? #edmundfitzgerald #GreatLakes #MichiganHistory #shipwreck #greatlakesstate | Welcome Home History | Facebook