Minch was taking his family on a summer cruise en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota ... pleasant through Lake Huron, but when they reached the area of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, things ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...

But just two years later, the 300-foot-long steamer – one of the first all-steel vessels on the lakes – went to the bottom of Lake Superior, ultimately costing the lives of 27 passengers and ...

Only one of the 27 people onboard the steel ship 'Western Reserve' survived when it vanished 132 years ago on Lake Superior Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has ...

An all-steel ship that vanished in the middle of Lake Superior amid a violent storm 132 years ago has been discovered, according to researchers. Only one of the 27 people who boarded the Western ...

An all-steel ship that vanished in the middle of Lake Superior amid a violent storm 132 years ago has been discovered, according to researchers. Only one of the 27 people who boarded the Western ...

MADISON, Wis. — 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 ...

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 and ...