After the wreckage of the Western Reserve was found 132 later, the family of the lone survivor is sharing their story.

The ship wasn’t seen again until diligent explorers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage off ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes.

Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor ...

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# The former mailboat Exuma Pride began her career as His Majesty’s Ship LCG (M)192 before becoming Hjelmeland Fjord in Norway in 1949; she was built in Middlesborough, England in October, 1944.

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 Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship sunk by a storm more than 130 years ago.