Wreck of Western Reserve discovered in Lake Superior after 132 years
The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, was discovered about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar on the non-profit’s research vessel, David Boyd, in the summer of 2024.
The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...
Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
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 ...
Owner Peter Minch was so proud of her that he brought his wife and young children aboard for a summer joyride in August 1892. As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan ...
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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, ...
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