Jim Dreyer didn’t used to be the kind of person who would end up with a nickname like 'The Shark.'

A 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, helped shape the future of federal environmental protections.

Are wildfires out west a boon for shipping on the Great Lakes?

“The Living Great Lakes” a book by author Jerry Dennis, tells a story of two men caught up in a wicked storm on Lake Superior.

In November of 1936, a large steamer the J. Oswald Boyd ran aground between Beaver Island and the Upper Peninsula. It was carrying around a million gallons of gasoline.

The Madeline is a 92-foot wooden schooner built more than 30 years ago by volunteers with the Maritime Heritage Alliance.

The sinking of a WWI-era steel bulk freighter tells the story of a daring dog rescue.

There’s at least a dozen offshore lighthouses miles from the mainland on the Great Lakes. These lights mark shoals, the shallower parts of the Great Lakes where ships could run aground.

The Underground Railroad had routes that crossed land and sea, including in the Great Lakes region.

The SS Arlington, a 244-ton bulk carrier whose shipwreck was discovered last summer, has a mystifying story involving its captain.