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Legends say the Great Lakes has a mysterious "Lake Michigan Triangle." Here's a look at the facts behind the mystery.
Discover the eerie tales of Great Lakes shipwrecks and the technology used to uncover the secrets of these underwater graves.
The James Carruthers is just one of the many shipwrecks Trotter and his team at Undersea Research Associates have found over ...
It also, until recently, was among the largest sunken ships in the Great Lakes that were still lost. About an hour after Trotter set off from Harbor Beach on his July 27 expedition, he rendezvoused ...
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is presenting a program by Fred Stonehouse on Sept. 11. It’s a free event and ...
A Canadian freighter, the SS James Carruthers, disappeared into Lake Huron’s icy, deep blue waters, until David Trotter and his crew found it.
The Great Lakes Museum threw a party to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday. The facility opened its doors to the public ...
Shipwreck hunters found the SS James Carruthers, a wheat-carrying cargo ship that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. It's belly up in the bed of Lake Huron.
Four mysteries related to the Lake Michigan Triangle include a missing plane, missing ship and missing crews. For a deeper dive, the Great Lakes has a few mysteries of their own, including a lake ...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.
What was the largest missing shipwreck in the Great Lakes has been found. The S.S. James Carruthers wrecked in Lake Huron during the catastrophic White Hurricane of 1913, which claimed at least 250 ...
The 1913 storm raged for over four days and sank multiple ships and claimed the lives of over 250 sailors, earning the nickname “The White Hurricane,” as reported by the Detroit Free Press. November 9 ...