The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, once the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes, tragically sank during a fierce storm on Lake ...

It was a calm and clear afternoon when the Edmund Fitzgerald left port in Superior, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1975. The ...

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact ...

Ask any Michigan child to name two famous shipwrecks and, chances are, they’ll say the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

DETROIT -- DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund ...

The loss of the Fitzgerald left people stunned. The tragedy spurred new safety measures and change among shipping companies, ...

In his new book, "The Gales of November," John U. Bacon explores the history and mysteries of the 1975 wreck of the Edmund ...

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact ...

It has been a half-century since the ship sank on Lake Superior, and a pop single memorialized its fate. Now museums are ...

Inspired by Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting 1976 song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” playwright Steven Dietz was ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but classmates of the St. Joseph man who died in the ...

The Whitefish Point museum holds the ship's bell, and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather to remember the ...