The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.