In October 1907, the brand-new 420-foot freighter SS Cyprus was overtaking another ship on Lake Superior when witnesses ...

In November 1909, the freighter Mataafa left Duluth during a late-season storm that quickly intensified over Lake Superior.

Save this for later, these lighthouse overnights take planning, but the payoff is the kind of memory that sticks ...

The Undersea Research Associates team has announced the discovery of the wreck of the James C. Carruthers, lost on Lake Huron ...

Every mentor or educator has a subject. Leah Kirchhoff’s happens to be the Great Lakes. In a region where harsh winters feel straight out of a film and Lake Superior can swallow a ship whole, ...

Before modern ferries and bridges, horse ferries were used to power boats across Lake Champlain and other North American waterways.

A group of volunteer divers, historians and shipwreck hunters found the wreck of the James Carruthers on May 26. It sank ...

The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced last week, completing a quest that began nearly 60 years ago.

In the last half-century, Lake Erie has had an increasing number of low- or no-ice conditions well into the winter. That ...

The North Country Trail, America’s longest National Scenic Trail at 4,600 miles, cuts right through the park, offering ...

One of the most popular and luxurious passenger steamers of its day has been found in Lake Michigan's deep waters, more than 150 years after it went down stern first.

The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced ...