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.

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.

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.