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The Coast Guard continues to monitor a 603-foot bulk carrier that ran aground in the St. Marys River near De Tour Village, Michigan early Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie received a message around 1 a.m. Wednesday that the Canadian-flagged bulk carrier Mississagi ran aground in the Potagannissing Bay.
No one was hurt and inspectors determined the vessel, loaded with stone, is not leaking any pollution into the water.
The owner of the vessel, Lower Lakes Towing, continues to work with Northeast Tech Salvage Company on a salvage plan to present to the Coast Guard.
The cause of the grounding is under investigation.
