In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 aboard at the time surviving. The ship was lost to Lake Superior until 2024.

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

After 132 years, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently announced that it discovered the shipwreck around 60 ...

The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...

The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept.

Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” the executive director of the Great Lakes ...

Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society By Simon J ... found itself in the middle of a gale in Lake Superior. Capt. Peter G. Minch, a millionaire shipping magnate traveling with his family ...

The Great Lakes, which include Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, have seen numerous shipwrecks due to their harsh weather conditions. Around 200 ships have sunk ...

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

According to the GLSHS, near the end of August 1892, he decided to take family members on a cruise through Lake Huron and ...

(WJRT) - Researchers announced they discovered remains of the 300-foot steel steamship Western Reserve in the middle of Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Western ...