The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is presenting a program by Fred Stonehouse on Sept. 11. It’s a free event and ...

Researchers use advanced technology to locate shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, where cold waters preserve wrecks but invasive species pose threats.

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

NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. - After 132 years, the wreck of a ship that sank in Lake Superior has been found. The wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, 1892, was discovered about ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 8, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Legends say the Great Lakes has a mysterious "Lake Michigan Triangle." Here's a look at the facts behind the mystery.

(WPBN/WGTU) -- The Department of Natural Resources is highlighting the historic treasures found under the Great Lakes and explaining why shipwrecks are preserved so well. An estimated 6,000 vessels ...

It was a real deep mystery. Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book on a caper that has endured for over a century ...

MADISON (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first ...