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

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

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

That mission was important for one Wisconsin native ... It happened at the intersection of Lake Drive and Hampton Road. The Whitefish Bay Police Department clocked an Illinois woman going 60 ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

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This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from The Western Reserve, a merchant ...

They announced the landmark find at the Wisconsin Underwater Archeological ... when it arrived at Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. The wind picked up and the weather shifted. Minch initially wanted ...