A fter 132 years shrouded in mystery, the wreckage of the Western Reserve, a steamer that sank in 1892, was discovered in the depths of Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Hi ...

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The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 3, 1892, when Stewart reached shore, he walked 12 miles to the nearest life ...

Lake Superior alone holds 10 percent of the world's readily available freshwater ... copper-nickel ores that may be worth more than $1 trillion. [Click here or on the map above for a larger version.] ...