The Western Reserve, a 318-foot steel steamer, was wrecked 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on August 30, 1892. The ship got caught in a storm that caused the crew to drop anchor ...
A ship lost at sea has been recovered 132 years ... The most notable in the area happened in 1975 when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an American freighter, wrecked, killing 29 people on board.
In 2024, the SS Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior broken in half with the bow section resting on the stern at a roughly 45-degree angle.
Ric Mixter, who has explored the Edmund Fitzgerald wreckage, brings his "Howling Winds" presentation about canine survivors ...
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a new book coming out this fall will explore the full story of the ship's disaster. W.W. Norton announced this week the ...
according to the Shipwreck Museum. Most famous of all is the Edmund Fitzgerald, a cargo ship that went down in 1975, killing 29. It sank in the same area as the Western Reserve. Canadian ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.