The Nelson: 125 years later, one of Lake Superior’s darkest tales retold At one point in the middle of the night, a steamship sailed past the lifeboat, but with no flares, they were not spotted.

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 ...

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Researchers announced they discovered remains of the 300-foot steel steamship Western Reserve in the middle of Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...

Divers recently plunged into the depths of Lake Superior to capture images and videos of the shipwreck, revealing what the Western Reserve looks like more than 130 years after sinking.

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 Western Preserve was split in two and the remains were found at a depth of about 600 feet in Lake Superior, experts said. Photo by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society In 1892, a ...