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, ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...

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 ...

Shipwreck found in Lake Superior more than 130 years after boat vanished during family trip - The wreck resulted in the ...

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 ...

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