The Great Lakes region has become somewhat of a hotbed for international tourism in recent years thanks to the rise of ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The Michigan DNR has revamped its boat launch map with an interactive map showing more than 1,000 launch sits. In this MLive ...

Florence Haas was well-known on both South Manitou Island and on the mainland for her navigational skills. She was the first ...

While many think of the city’s lakefront as reserved for sport fishing and pleasure boats, Waukegan Harbor is a multifaceted ...

The metal boat capsized almost right away ... The discovery of the Western Reserve came after a two-year search by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Researchers first picked up ...

Thousands of undiscovered shipwrecks are scattered across the Great Lakes. In just the last year ... He finally swam a mile to shore when that boat capsized after floating for about 10 hours.