near Whitefish Point in Michigan’s scenic Upper Peninsula," says the organization on its website. The nonprofit group runs two museum sites on historic properties: The Great Lakes Shipwreck ...

Early spring on the Great Lakes has historically seen a few major deadly disasters as shipping season kicks off. But the season isn't completely safe.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum The ship was battered in the storm ... 650 feet below the lake’s surface about 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, the historical society announced ...

Photo by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ... according to the museum. The Western Reserve’s wheelsman, Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan, was the only survivor, experts said.

RELATED: Michigan’s ‘shipwreck alley’ has 7 ... It was the first marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes. The sanctuary’s headquarters and museum are in Alpena. Shipwrecks, ranging from ...

Discover the history and mystery of an astonishing shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes during a free program ... of 1875 and supposedly sank in Lake Michigan. So it surprised many when it ...

sank in Lake Michigan in 1911 and is now a shipwreck preserve. Dr. Charles Beeker, a professor at Indiana University, has dedicated his career to researching and preserving Great Lakes shipwrecks.