Lake Winona has been dubbed an impaired body of water by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) dating back to 2016, ...

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

Shark lab researchers say they have a mountain of tracking data that shows juvenile great whites, some as long as nine feet, ...

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

New York Sea Grant Provides Virtual and In-Person Assistance Oswego, New York; March 12, 2025. In 2025, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) Great Lakes Coastal Processes and Hazards Specialist Roy Widrig ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes. The society announced the find Saturday at the annual Ghost Ships Festival in Manitowoc, ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...

In contrast, the largest Great Lake, Superior ... As spring progresses and the big marshes that buffer western Lake Erie thaw, a second wave of fowl, the dabbling ducks, will pour in.