Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

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

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 first all-steel cargo ...

EERIE footage shows the moment explorers discovered the 132-year-old wreck of a cargo ship that took down 27 souls, including ...

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

As it passed the Iroquois Lighthouse in Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay later that day, the weather shifted and the wind picked up. Minch decided to drop anchor near the Whitefish Point Lighthouse ...

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

The Western Reserve, a 318-foot steel steamer, was wrecked 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on August 30, 1892. The ship got caught in a storm that caused the crew to drop ...

The ship had smooth sailing up until Aug. 30, when it arrived at Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. The wind picked up and the weather shifted. Minch initially wanted to wait out the storm ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it cracked ...