Friday marks the 48-year anniversary of the sinking. Gordon Lightfoot's lyrics keep the Edmund Fitzgerald in the public conscience. "Superior, they said, never gives up her dead when the gales of ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald, one of Michigan’s most well-known freighters, sank in the dark, choppy waters near Whitefish Bay on Nov. 10, 1975. All 29 people onboard were lost. The tragedy has ...

The shanty-style song came together quickly, and was recorded — reportedly, in one take — about a month after the sinking. Released the next summer, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" made it to ...

On November 10, 1975, the Great Lakes freighter known as the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 535 feet of water on Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost. It was hauling 26,116 long tons (about ...

MICHIGAN, USA — It's been nearly half a century since the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, taking the lives of all 29 members of her crew. 49 years ago on Sunday ...

(WSAW) - Friday, Nov. 10 marks the 48th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes have claimed thousands of ships since European explorers began ...

MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Sunday, November 10, marks the 49th year since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior. The largest freighter on the Great Lakes went down about 17 miles ...

The 48th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald ship sinking will be memorialized next Friday at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven beginning at 7 p.m. In 1975, the largest ship sailing the ...

That night, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank near the coasts of Ontario and Michigan, in water that was only about 50 degrees. A nearby ship reported seeing its lights disappear in the driving snow.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald not only inspired an iconic ballad from Canadian crooner Gordon Lightfoot, it also led to the advancement of Great Lakes weather monitoring and forecasting ...

November 10th, 2025, will mark 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm. And it was on the 30th anniversary that Jim Dreyer had an idea to do a memorial swim for the 50th.