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

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

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 ...

Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart. The most notable in the ...

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 ...

Last Boat on the Lake tells a character-driven story of commercial fisheries, some of them multi-generational, in the Great Lakes and how much they contribute to the local food chain in Ontario ...

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 ...