The recently discovered Western Reserve wreck is providing lessons about shipbuilding, underwater archaeology and the ...

For almost 132 years, the lake hid the wreckage. In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society pinpointed the Western Reserve off Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Credit: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via AP This image shows a sketch of The Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Credit: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via AP This image shows a sketch of The Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The Western Reserve was lost in a storm on Lake Superior in 1892. Using marine sonic technology within the Boyd, the duo made the initial discovery of the shipwreck during the summer of 2024.

The discovery of the Western Reserve came after a two-year search by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Researchers first picked up the wreckage using sonar aboard its research vessel ...

For almost 132 years, the lake hid the wreckage. In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society pinpointed the Western Reserve off Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Credit: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via AP This image shows a sketch of The Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

A the bell from The Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The brothers towed a side-scanning sonar array behind their ship.

Credit: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via AP This image shows a sketch of The Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.