Wreckage From Missing Ship Found In Lake Superior 132 Years Later

Michigan's Great Lakes are probably most known for the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

⬇️ Shipwrecks in the Straits of Mackinac ⬇️

On November 10, 1975, the ship, loaded with iron ore, was traveling from Superior, Wisconsin, to a steel mill near Detroit, Michigan, when it got caught in a severe storm with winds almost at hurricane levels, causing waves up to 35 feet high.

Those giant waves ended up taking down the ship, along with all 29 men on board.

It's believed the number of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes range is between 6,000 to 10,000, but the exact number is unknown because most of those shipwrecks have still not be found.

Ship Wreckage Found In Lake Superior 132 Years After Going Missing

One shipwreck was recently found in Lake Superior after going missing on August 30, 1892.

According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), the 300-foot steel steamer "Western Reserve" sank, resulting in the loss of 27 lives, with only one survivor, Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart.

It's believed that the ship suffered a structural failure because the shipbuilders had improperly used brittle steel contaminated with sulfur and phosphorus.

As a matter of fact, just eight weeks after the Western Reserve disaster, the W.H. Gilcher—which had been built at the same time with similar steel—disappeared on Lake Michigan

You can watch the shipwreck footage below along with take a look at some other Great Lakes shipwrecks