Coffee @ Ten: Gales of August: The Sinking of the Western Reserve

Learn about the dramatic story of the Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank northwest of Whitefish Point, in Lake Superior.

Featuring: Bruce Lynn is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. He oversees operations at the Whitefish Point Light-Station (Shipwreck Museum), the 1899 Weather Bureau Building at Locks Park (Soo, MI) and serves on the board of directors for SOS Vermilion, a grassroots non-profit with the mission to preserve and restore the last Lake Superior U.S. Life-Saving Station in existence. Bruce holds degrees from The Ohio State University (BA-history/criminal justice) and Eastern Michigan University (MS-historic preservation). He lives with his wife Jill and three children (3 Chows) in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.