Original Soo Locks Boat Tours

Very friendly and informative tour of the Soo Locks, first hand, as the tour takes you from Lake Huron level, through the MacArthur Lock up to Lake Superior level and then makes its way over to the Canadian side to ride their lock back down to Huron level. Highlights are a closeup view of the still-operating low-head hydroelectric plant on the US side and at the upper end you get to see the gigantic steel mill on the Canadian side. One of the pics shown is a freighter unloading Taconite at the mill.

If you are a fan of civil engineering and lock operations the tour is worth it.

All the details and history of the locks, the area, and the ships was very interesting and beneficial. The captain and narrator were excellent! The tour was educational, interesting, and enjoyable.

We picked this one due to the flexibility of buying tickets online and being able to show up to any scheduled tour. Which was great because it allowed us to pick the nicest day on our trip to be out on the water. Everyone we encountered was very friendly, the facilities and boat were very clean and well cared for. And the tour itself was informative and relaxing, it did take longer than the estimated 1 3/4 hour on the website (closer to 2 3/4 hours but hey we got our money worth and didn't mind!), but there was a very large freighter going through the locks on our return pass that we had to wait for. So if you're scheduling a lot of things into your day give yourself plenty of time in case the tour goes long.