In November 1913, a massive winter storm swept through the Great Lakes. Nicknamed the “White Hurricane,” the blizzard caused ...

Shipwreck hunters found the SS James Carruthers, a wheat-carrying cargo ship that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. It's belly up in the bed of Lake Huron.

ALPENA, MI – This early freighter’s steel hull proved brittle when it tore apart on a Lake Huron reef in 1906. The nearly 300-foot steamer Grecian was in service from 1891 until June 15, 1906, ...

A Canadian freighter, the SS James Carruthers, disappeared into Lake Huron’s icy, deep blue waters, until David Trotter and his crew found it.

The 1913 storm raged for over four days and sank multiple ships and claimed the lives of over 250 sailors, earning the nickname “The White Hurricane,” as reported by the Detroit Free Press. November 9 ...

PRESQUE ISLE, MI – Thick fog hung over Lake Huron on June 18, 1905. The 414-foot steamer Etruria was sailing northbound. The 545-foot freighter Amaza Stone was speeding southbound. The two ships ...

Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed ...

The SS Alpena had been docked in Cleveland, Ohio, for months while undergoing repairs. It was steaming north on Aug. 28.

The Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim, as it’s called, is a 411-mile relay staged to honor the 50th anniversary of the sinking ...