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.

With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water ... The society announced the discovery Saturday at the annual Ghost Ships Festival in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.“There's a number of concurrent ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high ... at the annual Ghost Ships Festival in ...