Look back at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, on 50th anniversary of its sinking

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a Great Lakes ore carrier that sank during a severe storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, ...

Who was Edmund Fitzgerald, the reluctant namesake of the Great Lakes’ famous ship?

Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in the Wisconsin area: the president of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, which owned the ...
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50 Years Later: Remembering the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald and the Man Himself

MILWAUKEE, WI — As the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald approaches on November 10th, this haunting chapter of Great Lakes history continues to be told.