On November 12, 1878, the James R. Bentley was sailing across Lake Huron when a fierce storm blew in. The high waves and ...

He kept hauling himself deeper. This chilly and oxygen-free environment helps to preserve Lake Huron’s shipwrecks, along with whatever is inside. Mr. Klifman has explored wrecks that still have ...

Bentley shipwreck in Lake Huron with the goal of finding sunken treasure. It wasn’t jewels or gold they were after, but rather the shipment of rye that had been on the ship when it sank in ...

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the ...

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the ...

PRESQUE ISLE, MI – An almost shipwreck resulted in the delayed construction of this Lake Huron lighthouse. The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse served mariners for 31 years. It could have been a ...

Nearly 200 shipwrecks are believed to rest within or nearby the boundaries of the sanctuary, which includes the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena and some 4,300 square miles (11,137 ...

Nearly five years after discovering the site of a long-lost shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron, maritime researchers announced this month that the mystery of the sunken Ironton, a 190-foot ...

The Bentley rye seeds, recovered from a shipwreck 145 years later, are set to be revived and turned into whiskey.

During a stormy night in 1878, a ship known as the James R. Bentley sank to the bottom of Lake Huron just north of Rogers ...

Scotch On The Rocks! Scientists Plunder Shipwreck's Extinct Rye Cargo To Resurrect Lost Michigan Whiskies. Scientists plan to ...

After spending nearly a century and a half at the bottom of Lake Huron, a recently recovered historic variety of rye seeds could make a comeback.