After 2 years of searching, shipwreck seekers find sunken freighter in the middle of Lake Superior
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, ...
Researchers Finally Solve the Mystery of Disappearance of Gilded Age Businessman and His Family on Lake Superior in 1892
The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...
See 132-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Superior
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage of “The Western Reserve” that sank 132 years ago in Lake ...
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Ghost ship found after 132 years in the murky depths of 'Shipwreck Coast'
Minch. The voyage to escape the heat ended in disaster along a stretch of Michigan now known as Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast that killed 27 and left only one survivor. Its resting place 600 ...
132 years after shipwreck that left single survivor, vessel found
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 ...
This is the American lake, more dangerous than the oceans, where the remains of a 130-year-old ship were found
Western Reserve was considered one of the safest ships afloat. Two years later it met a tragic end, and its remains have ...
Marquette Regional History Center hosts presentation on Arlington shipwreck
Scuba diver and historian Dan Fountain visited the center Wednesday to discuss how he worked with the Great Lakes Shipwreck ...
Watch: Explorers release footage of 132-year-old shipwreck
Rough weather conditions on 30 August 1892 caused the cargo ship to break in two and sink to the bottom of Lake Superior.