In the last half-century, Lake Erie has had an increasing number of low- or no-ice conditions well into the winter. That ...

In November 1909, the freighter Mataafa left Duluth during a late-season storm that quickly intensified over Lake Superior.

A group of volunteer divers, historians and shipwreck hunters found the wreck of the James Carruthers on May 26. It sank ...

Nearly 150 years to the day after it was lost, shipwreck divers discovered the remains of the Lac La Belle, a passenger ...

One of the first all-steel freighters on the Great Lakes has finally been discovered off the shores of Lake Superior after remaining hidden 600-feet beneath the surface for 132 years. The Western ...

Undersea Research Associates find ship lost in 1913 'White Hurricane.' ...

Lac La Belle carried 53 passengers and crew when it encountered a fierce storm in mid-October 1872. Eight people died.

A luxury steamer that sank offshore between Racine and Kenosha in the late 1800s has been found. A maritime researcher that ...

It was bound from Milwaukee to Grand Haven with 53 crew and passengers carrying 19,000 bushels of barley, 1,200 barrels of ...

One of the most popular and luxurious passenger steamers of its day has been found in Lake Michigan's deep waters, more than 150 years after it went down stern first.

"We don't know a whole lot about what goes on in the winter." Researchers caught 'off guard' as famous lake gets closer to ...

A search team has discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale more than 150 years ago. The Lac La Belle left Milwaukee in October 1872.