In September 1829, the 47-foot schooner Lake Serpent left Cleveland, Ohio, for the Lake Erie Islands. After making the ...
An estimated 200 or more ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay ... was found 40 hours later by a Coast Guard helicopter. Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, has one of the highest ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, have seen numerous shipwrecks due to their harsh weather conditions. Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart.
Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.
The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...