(At the time of the launch, The Milwaukee Journal called the Edmund Fitzgerald "the new queen of the Great Lakes ore fleet.") The Edmund Fitzgerald was a hard worker, setting seasonal hauling ...

(At the time of the launch, The Milwaukee Journal called the Edmund Fitzgerald "the new queen of the Great Lakes ore fleet.") The Edmund Fitzgerald was a hard worker, setting seasonal hauling ...

The ship was named after the president and chairman of the Board of Northwestern Mutual, Edmund Fitzgerald, and launched on June 8, 1958, at River Rouge, Michigan. The launch didn't exactly go as ...

LAKE SUPERIOR - Forty-seven years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in the grip of a deadly storm on Lake Superior. Investigators would later say the Mighty Fitz’s course had put her in the ...

Descendants of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s namesake return to Port Huron to honor their roots and help complete the freighter’s ...

Edmund declared that the launch of the Edmund Fitzgerald was a great day for all the Fitzgeralds. Edmund Fitzgerald died in 1986 "still deeply saddened by the wreck of the ship named for him." ...

Mike Fornes dove into the mysterious cause of the wreck, gave details on the crew and told firsthand stories of Gordon ...

“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” his 1976 folk ballad, was unusual partly because, at more than six minutes long, it was about twice as long as most pop hits. It also retold a real-life ...

LAKE SUPERIOR - Forty-seven years ago today, the Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in the grip of a deadly storm on Lake Superior. Investigators would later say the Mighty Fitz’s course had put her ...