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.
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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.
While November is usually the beginning of the holiday season, it's also when the weather in Illinois officially starts to feel closer to winter than fall.
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.
As a result, it was automated in 1962. (see Bibliography: DeWire, GUARDIANS OF THE LIGHTS) Approaching storms traveling up Lake Superior build up incredible intensity before slamming into Stannard ...