The ship’s other captain, Albert Myers, and his 19-year-old son also perished. The only survivor, wheelsman Harry W. Stewart, had to jump over a 3-foot crack in the freighter to reach the aft ...

In just the last year, three shipwrecks have been found in the Great Lakes that each had remained hidden for 130 years or more. The Margaret A. Muir was discovered by Wisconsin maritime historians ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve. The 300-foot steel steamer was ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. - It is one of the oldest ships on the Great Lakes. But on Friday, Sept. 23, it was tugged out of Green Bay on its way to be scrapped. FOX11 in Green Bay reports the S.T. Crapo has ...

The Great Lake, which borders Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, is the resting place of around 350 ships, at least half of which remain undiscovered, including the two ships Mr. Gates was hoping ...

It was one of the Great Lakes’ first all-steel vessels. “(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,” the GLSHS said in its announc e ment .

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum It’s considered one of the oldest ships to sink in Lake Superior. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the historical society shared its first images of Nucleus, which was said to ...

Cruise ships, which once thrived on these lakes before all but disappearing in the 1970s, are making a remarkable comeback on this inland sea, wooed by competing states.

According to Yackley, a ship that passes through the St. Lawrence Seaway, which connects the ocean to the Great Lakes, will cross the U.S.-Canada border 27 times.

Onboard, all but a handful of cabins were dark as the 666-foot cruise ship ended its maiden Great Lakes voyage. Cruise ships, which once thrived on these […] Skip to content ...