Column: Waukegan lighthouse a beacon for lake’s sailors
While many think of the city’s lakefront as reserved for sport fishing and pleasure boats, Waukegan Harbor is a multifaceted ...
Historians finally find wreckage of Great Lakes ship from 1892 that claimed 27 lives
The final resting place of what was once the "safest ship afloat" was discovered after 132 years. Only one man, a wheelsman ...
Photos: Springlike weather arrives
Springlike weather emerges in Chicago as people make their way to the lakefront.
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Millionaire’s shipwreck, one of Great Lakes' first all-steel vessels, found 600 feet deep in Lake Superior
After a harrowing night at sea for the owner's family and crew members packed into a lifeboat, there was only one survivor.
Group finds steel steamship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society said they found "The Western Reserve" in more than 600 feet of water.