See the new exhibit on the Great Lakes and explore the historic Mather’s cargo holds, pilot house, guest quarters, and engine ...

In its day, the Western Reserve was an engineering marvel. At 318 feet long, it was one of the first ships on the Great Lakes made entirely of steel. It was built for speed—earning the nickname ...

A partnership that sprouted from the soybean commodity in Michigan has blossomed into an alliance that has the potential to boost trade on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Great Lakes Sustainable Shipping ...

Octantis ties with its twin, the Viking Polaris, for the largest cruise ship on the Great Lakes. However, they are several hundred feet smaller than many freighters on the lakes, which can exceed ...

ALPENA, MI – This Northern Michigan harbor town is expected to welcome the largest cruise ships on the Great Lakes 19 times this year. The 665-foot sister ships Viking Octantis and Viking ...

U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers have been busy in the St. Marys River clearing the approaches to the locks ahead of Friday's start to the shipping season on the Upper Great Lakes. Here is more on the ...

Note This story has been amended to better reflect the results of the study. The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

It was one of the Great Lakes’ first all-steel vessels. “(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,” the GLSHS said in its announcement.