AlgoCanada makes it back into the Soo harbor with a load of fuel for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Canadian oil tanker AlgoCanada down bound on the St. Mary's River after unloading fuel to Soo, Ontario.

Canadian oil tanker AlgoCanada heading down there St. Mary's River after unloading fuel to Soo, Ontario.

Yeti spotted sliding on big ice rink next to Soo Lock Boat Tours Dock #1. If we can teach him, he would make a good goalie for pond hockey.

U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw in frozen St. Mary's River awaiting the Kaye Barker's entrance in the Soo harbor. The Barker is headed to Frazer shipyard in Duluth, MN for winter layup.

Tour boat locked in ice. Temperatures are below zero. We are noticing animal footprints on the snow covered ice.

U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Bristol Bay keeping the channel open for ships. The Soo Locks will be closing for the season in just over a week.

The footprints looks like they came together at one point and there was white fur on the ice. I guess there is a lot of different activity in the Soo during the winter.

The tour boats are frozen in for the winter and ice is building across the channel. We are seeing various foot prints of animals on the snow covered ice on the river especially with the dip in temperatures.