The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a late summer evening when conditions on Lake Superior turned from bad to treacherous. The year was 1892, and the ship ...

According to the GLSHS, near the end of August 1892, he decided to take family members on a cruise through Lake Huron and ...

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

The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, was discovered about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior by ...

Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart. The most notable in the ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

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 ...