Roughly 6,000 ships have wrecked on the Great Lakes, with about 1,500 occurring in Michigan waters. The deadliest early spring shipwreck on Lake Erie was the Anthony Wayne in 1850, resulting in up ...

The J.C. Ames had a storied history on the Great Lakes until 1923. Now, it's the first confirmed shipwreck discovery so far ...

The step-grandson of a famous Great Lakes shipwreck finder recently made his own historic discovery in Wisconsin—the ...

With an underwater drone named Rhody, archaeologists are mapping some of the dozens of sunken vessels in Lake Ontario.

Lusardi, Michigan's state maritime archaeologist, ticked off a long list of shipwreck sites in the lower Great Lakes consumed by quaggas. His list included the Daniel J. Morrel, a freighter that ...

What's the most famous November shipwreck? The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking down its entire 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

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.