The SS Alpena had been docked in Cleveland, Ohio, for months while undergoing repairs. It was steaming north on Aug. 28.

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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve.

From South Haven to the Soo Locks and Port Huron and back to Lake Erie, historic ships are ready to share Great Lakes' naval ...

A Canadian freighter, the SS James Carruthers, disappeared into Lake Huron’s icy, deep blue waters, until David Trotter and his crew found it.

A Great Lakes tour guide recently discovered the remains of a 138-year-old shipwreck. Perhaps even more amazing, it is the ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes Smart Ships Coalition is conducting follow-up exploration in Lake Superior this week, aiming to locate the wreckage of a plane that disappeared in 1968.

DULUTH — The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great Lakes shipping ...