Last year, maritime archaeologists revisited the "Northerner" in Lake Michigan and captured hundreds of still images, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to ...

Since its designation in 2021, the sanctuary has launched initiatives for underwater mapping, shipwreck documentation and ...

Shipping season is underway on the Great Lakes; and while nearly everyone is familiar with the dangers if "the gales of November come early," sailors know just as well how dangerous early season ...

In November 1966, the freighter Daniel J. Morrell encountered a violent storm on Lake Huron. Without warning, the ship broke ...

(WLUK) -- There are well over 6,000 shipwrecks between the five Great Lakes, the most well-known, of course, being the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck in which ...

PRESQUE ISLE, MI - After 175 years, this wooden schooner is intact from stem to stern. Resting 135 feet underwater, the Northwestern looms out of the depths of Lake Huron looking almost as if it’s ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The 144-year-old shipwreck of a rare sailing vessel that typically wasn’t used for long voyages on the Great Lakes has been found in deep water off Lake Ontario’s New York shore, ...

Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to shipwrecks that have sat underwater for more than a century. Over multiple ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back. Here's how winter weather plays a part.