Lake Superior had many large islands in Robert Morden's 1698 map and John Senex' similar map of 1719. Even Guillaume de l'isle's map of 1718 showed an elevated plain.

The S.S. Arlington sank in a storm after leaving a port in Ontario in May 1940. Researchers have located the wreckage, but cannot explain why the captain remained alone on board as his crew escaped.

NOAA crews will return to Lake Superior in the summer of 2025. The next survey will collect data in some of the Great Lake’s deeper waters. “We just hope it raises awareness,” said Krumwiede ...

Well-Preserved, 131-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Lake Superior Researchers discovered the S.S. “Atlanta” last summer while using sonar to map 2,500 miles of the seabed ...

Researchers searching for a pair of World War I-era minesweepers that mysteriously vanished in Lake Superior over a century ago instead found a long-missing ship that sank to the bottom of the ...

A Great Lakes vessel built in the Twin Ports and lost more than a century ago has been found at a depth of more than 600 feet in Lake Superior. Barge 129, of the unique, curved "whaleback" design ...