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

DULUTH ‐ The Western Reserve, a mammoth and nearly new steam freighter, was en route to Two Harbors in August 1892 when it split in half during a storm and quickly sank to the depths of Lake Superior, ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank. The ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan ... The Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that went down in a November 1975 storm that was immortalized in the Gordon Lightfoot ...

This freighter lay undiscovered for 132 years until ... been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior,” the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum said in a March 10 ...

Built to break speed records, the 300-foot (91-meter) freighter dubbed “the inland ... As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came ...