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Lake Superior, Shipwreck

A Groundbreaking Ship That Sank in Lake Superior in 1892 Is Discovered

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that broke apart in a gale in 1892 with a sole survivor.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 1d

Historic Century-Old Shipwreck Discovered 600 Feet Beneath the Surface of Lake Superior

In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot vessel was roughly 60 miles north of Whitefish Point when a powerful gale swept in and broke up the ship,

UPI · 2d

Shipwreck from 1892 found on bottom of Lake Superior

In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 aboard at the time surviving. The ship was lost to Lake Superior until 2024.

1don MSN

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, ...

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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 ...

USA Today5d

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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