The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Western Reserve broke apart and sank in 600 feet of water during a ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

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

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada ... On July 22, they set out on the David Boyd, ...

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, ...

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 ...