The J.C. Ames was a powerful towing tug built in Manitowoc in 1881. It had a 41-year career. Now, it's the first shipwreck discovery this season.

Christopher Thuss was out fishing in the evening on May 13 when he noticed a wreckage north of the Manitowoc breakwater in ... These Lake Michigan ships, like the Ames, were towed out and burned ...

Christopher Thuss was out fishing when he noticed a wreckage north of the Manitowoc breakwater in Maritime ... Sheboygan and Muskegon. These Lake Michigan ships, like the Ames, were towed out ...

Recently the towering steamer has had a few close scrapes with obstinate fishing skiffs in the narrow confines of the Ludington harbor, and Martin gave the ship’s mighty horn a long blast before ...

The Lottie Cooper tragedy, which claimed a Norwegian sailor in 1894, is on display near the YMCA with the frame of the ship ...

Starting next week, you can dive on a Lake Ontario shipwreck without leaving the comfort of your couch. From May 18 through May 28, anyone with an internet connection can tag along virtually as a ...

"I turned over that direction and the whole ship was right there." Thuss had been using sonar equipment when he came across the wreckage of a tugboat north of the Manitowoc breakwater on Tuesday ...

It’s the final weekend for the LOC Derby and the month is filled with fishing contests on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Some walleyes are being caught around Evans Bar in the early evening and ...

And while any lakefront escape outside the city is a summer win, let's be honest, there's your average cottage, and then there's 1298 Lipsy Lake Dr. This five-bedroom, five-bathroom retreat is ...

While the beaches and dunes provide a soothing vacation destination, the more than 100 lighthouses highlight the dangers its waters created for the many ships ... to find Lake Ontario Is Lake ...