In 2024, the SS Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior broken in half with the bow section resting on the stern at a ...
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western ...
The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...
The Western Reserve sailed in 1892 with its millionaire owner and his family onboard. The sinking of the ship claimed 27 lives.
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...
Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart. The most notable in the ...
The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 3, 1892, when Stewart reached shore, he walked 12 miles to the nearest life ...
The wreck of the Western Reserve, a 318-foot steel freighter was recently found in Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. It sank during heavy storms in 1892.
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