Ric Mixter, who has explored the Edmund Fitzgerald wreckage, brings his "Howling Winds" presentation about canine survivors ...

The Soo Locks in northern Michigan reopened March 21, kicking off the Great Lakes shipping season.

Historic vessels Montauk and Chieftain, normally hidden beneath the surface, are among those now visible as river conditions reveal forgotten maritime relics.

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 ...

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

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

With the arrival of spring, the season for shipping on the Great Lakes typically begins. The event coincides with the opening ...

Though some individual researchers place the number much higher, the official estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell ...

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 ...