Early spring on the Great Lakes has historically seen a few major deadly disasters as shipping season kicks off. But the season isn't completely safe.

RELATED: Michigan’s ‘shipwreck alley’ has 7 shallow sites perfect to snorkel, paddle The two-masted schooner sailed the Great Lakes in the mid-1800s. On May 31, 1887, it was carrying a load ...

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario—comprise the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area. Spanning over 750 miles east to west, this inland freshwater sea has been the ...

Oswego — On Nov. 6, 1803, the Washington, a Canadian commercial ship, departed the port of Kingston to cross Lake Ontario and ...

Discover the history and mystery of an astonishing shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes during a free program at 6:30 p.m.

The Great Lakes have been the final burial grounds ... Last year broke the record for total number of shipwrecks found in Lake Michigan in a single year with 13 found, according to the Milwaukee ...

sank in Lake Michigan in 1911 and is now a shipwreck preserve. Dr. Charles Beeker, a professor at Indiana University, has dedicated his career to researching and preserving Great Lakes shipwrecks.

is a 4,300-square-mile underwater preserve that protects wildlife and more than 100 historic shipwrecks in Lake Huron off the Michigan coast. It was the first marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes.