It sank in 530 feet of water about 17 miles from Whitefish Bay, near the cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Disaster on the Great Lakes isn’t limited to ...

Using a remotely operated vehicle, teams were able to find the wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, ...

In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...

Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book ...

Not only does The Great Lakes have the best vacation spots, but it also has a rich history filled with discoveries. Experts ...

Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” the executive director of the Great Lakes ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on ... In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society pinpointed the Western Reserve off ...

The technologically advanced all-steel cargo ship Western Reserve, once dubbed the "inland greyhound," found broken in two at ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.