No, the lake didn't suddenly shrink, nor did the city beyond the horizon teleport closer. The illusion is called a "superior mirage" — a phenomenon where shifting temperatures over the water ...

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Researchers announced they discovered remains of the 300-foot steel steamship Western Reserve in the middle of Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has discovered the final resting spot for the "Western Reserve," 132 years after the ship sank in Lake Superior, killing 27 people. According ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...

CORRECTS DATE This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from the Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892 off Michigan’s ...

MADISON, Wis. | Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...

Then tragedy struck. As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo aboard, the ship was light and floating high in the water.