A diver with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society explored the stern winch on the Madeira, a schooner barge that sank in Lake Superior in1905. (Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
According to the Shipwreck Society, dense fog blanketed Lake Superior during the journey, and at night, a storm began battering the Arlington and another large freighter, the Collingwood.
13, 1902. (Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society) A 292-foot whaleback barge has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior nearly 120 years after it sunk during a powerful storm in 1902.
Just in time for Halloween, learn about the SS Kamloops — an eerie story about a shipwreck in Lake Superior, and “Old Whitey” who seems to follow divers around the wreck.