The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

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

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Western Reserve broke apart and sank in 600 feet of water during a ...

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

In August that year, Minch took his family aboard the ship for a cruise through the Great Lakes to escape the summer heat. Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is ...

It was one of the Great Lakes’ first all-steel vessels. “(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,” the GLSHS said in its announcement.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...

Though some individual researchers place the number much higher, the official estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell ...

This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows a deck rack on the bow of the Western Reserve cargo ship beneath Lake Superior, on July 30, 2024. (Great Lakes Shipwreck ...