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

Shipwreck found in Lake Superior more than 130 years after boat vanished during family trip - The wreck resulted in the deaths of 27 people ...

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

Captain Minch, a millionaire shipping magnate, owned the boat. The weather was pleasant through Lake Huron, but when they reached the area of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, things took a turn. The ...

The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. When the wreckage was found, the bo ...

MICHIGAN, USA — The year was 1892. As the late summer sun glinted off Lake Huron's waters, Captain Peter G. Minch stood proudly on the deck of his newest possession—the Western Reserve.