He's long shared his stories at public venues like the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan. People told him he should write a book. Now he has. Baxter penned the memoir "Hey You!: ...

The Great Lakes shipping season gets underway early this week as the Soo Locks open Friday morning. How to watch the big ...

The Western Reserve was en route to Two Harbors when it was lost during an August storm, leaving only one survivor.

Western Reserve was considered one of the safest ships afloat. Two years later it met a tragic end, and its remains have ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...

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After the wreckage of the Western Reserve was found 132 later, the family of the lone survivor is sharing their story.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship sunk by a storm more than 130 years ago.

In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes. The society ...

The final resting place of what was once the "safest ship afloat" was discovered after 132 years. Only one man, a wheelsman ...

Rough weather conditions on 30 August 1892 caused the cargo ship to break in two and sink to the bottom of Lake Superior.