Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

While Lake Michigan has the most shipwrecks, and Lake Erie has the highest density ... By the time Western Reserve reached Whitefish Bay, however, the weather had started to turn rough.

Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, have seen numerous shipwrecks due to their harsh weather conditions. Around 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, the same place where the Western Reserve broke apart.

As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo aboard, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until ...