Less than one week into the shipping season – the Soo Locks opened on March 21 – the Boat Nerd map shows dozens of freighters ...

Instead of just stopping in the city overnight, the four vessels will be in for six days in what might be their only ...

Great Lakes shipping season will open Friday when the Poe Lock in Michigan opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

The ship had smooth sailing up until Aug. 30 ... The discovery of the Western Reserve came after a two-year search by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Researchers first picked ...

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

The ship wasn’t seen again until diligent explorers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It took members Darryl and Dan Ertel over two ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.