The discovery confirms what the ship's lone survivor said happened. The cargo ship broke in two the night of Aug. 30, 1892..

In 2024, the SS Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior broken in half with the bow section resting on the stern at a ...

The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept.

Using a remotely operated vehicle, teams were able to find the wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, ...

It was a late summer evening when conditions on Lake Superior turned from bad to treacherous. The year was 1892, and the ship ...

The Western Reserve ship has been located by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Lake Superior — the largest ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

The wreckage of a cargo ship that sank in a storm nearly 133 years ago in Lake Superior, Michigan, was discovered using side-scan sonar technology.