WHITEFISH TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The location of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is no coincidence. "We do have 200 shipwrecks, approximately, right in this area of Whitefish Bay," said Bruce Lynn. "If we ...

A “ghost ship” that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago and eluded several search efforts over the past five decades has been found, according to researchers with the Wisconsin Underwater ...

What was the largest missing shipwreck in the Great Lakes has been found. The S.S. James Carruthers wrecked in Lake Huron during the catastrophic White Hurricane of 1913, which claimed at least 250 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous shipwrecks in Great Lakes history, but it's just one of hundreds of vessels lost to these waters. For researchers, ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.

The second-oldest confirmed shipwreck in the Great Lakes, an American-built, Canadian-owned sloop that sank in Lake Ontario more than 200 years ago, has been found, a team of underwater explorers said ...

The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles and hold about one-fifth of the world's fresh water, according to the Great Lakes Commission. For people who live surrounded by them, the lakes are a ...