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 ...

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 ...

Open water swimmers will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald by participating in a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim next year. Teams of four relay swimmers ...

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 ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in a terrible November storm on November 10, 1975. Each of the 29 crew members also lost their lives that day, about 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...