The green glow of the aurora borealis could be seen from the M/V Lee A. Tregurtha as it traversed Lake Superior overnight.

Then tragedy struck. As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo aboard, the ship was light and floating high in the water.

Vivek Ramaswamy jokingly suggested renaming Lake Erie to Lake Ohio, sparking discussions on the history and impact of renaming places.

MADISON, Wis. — 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 ...

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 ...

The Western Preserve was split in two and the remains were found at a depth of about 600 feet in Lake Superior, experts said. Photo by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society In 1892 ...

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 ...

but when they reached the area of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, things took a turn. The crew decided to drop anchor and wait out the rough weather, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

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 ...