Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world — a sea known for its pristine cold water. But in a warming world, that's changing.

After they weighed anchor and steamed into Lake Superior, a gale brewed up. About 9 p.m. Aug. 30, the Western Reserve began to break up and sink. The bell of the 300-foot steel steamer Western ...

The Kaug Wujdoo Modern Lodge in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is now available to reserve online, up to six months in advance. Sitting on the shores of Lake Superior surrounded by ...

Beyond that, amid the concern over conservation and climate change, is the sheer, raw beauty of the place and its importance to Lake Superior, the lake that feeds the remaining four Great Lakes.

The society says that there have been 500 to 600 shipwrecks in Lake Superior since the 1850s, including the well-known Edmund Fitzgerald, and that there are probably dozens that have not been found.

Soon after, they steamed into Lake Superior, but around 9 p.m. “a gale overtook the ship,” causing the Western Reserve to break apart and sink, experts said.

The S.S. Arlington sank in a storm after leaving a port in Ontario in May 1940. Researchers have located the wreckage, but cannot explain why the captain remained alone on board as his crew escaped.

A 689-foot freighter ship, right, began taking on water Saturday morning after it hit an underwater obstacle in Lake Superior, forcing about half of the 22 people on board to evacuate, the U.S ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Michipicoten, the freighter rescued in Lake Superior after water poured into a mysterious 13-foot gash in its hull last weekend, is forever tied to Cleveland. Originally ...

What's New. Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the United States and a critical natural resource, experienced its lowest water levels in a decade in 2024.

The wreck of the Arlington, a 244-foot, wheat-carrying merchant vessel that sank in Lake Superior during a 1940 storm, has been found. The Arlington's remains were spotted off Michigan's Upper ...