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 ...

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

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 ...

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