Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

In a Stunning Discovery Explorers Find Wreckage of a 300-Foot Cargo Ship That Vanished 130 Years Ago in Lake Superior For ...

The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...

Levien On Aug. 30, 1892, the Western Reserve, a state-of-the-art ship en route to Minnesota, found itself in the middle of a gale in Lake Superior. Capt. Peter G. Minch, a millionaire shipping ...

The wrath of Lake Superior has claimed countless ships throughout history, including the Edmund Fitzgerald-- one of the most famous shipwrecks of the 20th century. But recently, a discovery was ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has discovered the final resting spot for the "Western Reserve," 132 years after the ship sank in Lake Superior, killing 27 people. According ...

The Western Preserve was split in two and the remains were found at a depth of about 600 feet in Lake Superior, experts said. Photo by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society In 1892 ...

ALGER COUNTY, MI --Not many job perks include sunrises over Lake Superior or Great Lake shipwrecks in your backyard − but this one does. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is looking for ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...