After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck ...
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 ...
"Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic." On August 30, 1892, shipping magnate Peter G.
Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.