SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)-- Ice-breaking in an around the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie could delay ferry operations for residents on Sugar Island.
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Steve Teschendorf says minor delays could start Monday and last a week. The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw will be brought up Monday afternoon to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers break ice from approaches to the Soo Locks.
Teschendorf says the Mackinaw could disturb harbor ice and send it downriver into the narrow channel separating Sugar Island from the mainland.
The Coast Guard has been breaking ice in the Detour passage to clear a portion of the lower St. Marys River.