In September 1910, the SS Pere Marquette 18 departed on a routine run across Lake Michigan carrying railroad freight. Weather conditions were calm, and nothing suggested danger ahead. Yet the ship ...

Shipwreck hunters have discovered the remains of the Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in 1872, killing eight people, the Associated Press reported. Shipwreck World ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by author (and Great Lakes ...

No one knows exactly how many shipwrecks lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Estimates range between 4,000 and 10,000, but only a fraction of those sunken vessels have been found. When the ...