Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

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 ... at the annual Ghost Ships Festival ...