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

The remains of the steamer Western Reserve have been confirmed to be located in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently made that report, citing an initial discovery ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan ... For almost 132 years, the lake hid the wreckage. In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

LAKE SUPERIOR, Mich. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - The remains of a shipwreck from over 130 years ago were found hundreds of feet beneath Lake Superior. The Western Reserve, one of the first all-steel ...

There are nearly 600 vessels scattered across the bottom of Lake Superior, everything from nameless barges and tugs to the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald herself. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is ...

but when they reached the area of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, things took a turn. The crew decided to drop anchor and wait out the rough weather, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada ... For almost 132 years, the lake hid the wreckage. In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...