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 recent discovery of wreckage more than 600 feet deep in Lake Superior solves one mystery of the SS Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier that sank in 1940. But another remains.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - A ship that took on water in Lake Superior likely had a stress fracture in its hull, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday, backing off an initial report that the freighter ...

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 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.

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 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 ...

A freighter in Lake Superior hit something underwater on Saturday and started taking on water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Great Lakes district received reports about 6:53 a ...

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 Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage of “The Western Reserve” that sank 132 years ago in Lake Superior. The tragic event in 1892 killed 27 people onboard and ...