But long before that tragedy, talk of the Mighty Fitz had centered around a ship that was known as an engineering marvel. She ...

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

Retelling shipwreck stories help keep the memories of their victims alive. How the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS Carl D. Bradley ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of the thousands of ships ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior Nov. 10, 1975, and killed all 29 men aboard. It's a modern maritime tragedy that ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, once the largest ship on the Great Lakes, sank during a Lake Superior storm on Nov. 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew on board.

With the weather forecasting capabilities of today, the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald may not have even embarked from port.

Rix Mixter, who is one of few divers to visit the Edmund Fitzgerald remains, discussed the Great Lakes' most famous shipwreck ...

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes.

MADISON (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first ...

The uniqueness of the Fitzgerald and the unknowns surrounding its demise may be part of why it’s so well-preserved in the memory of those who were here to experience it. Lynn has shadowy recollections ...

ALPENA, MI – Advanced navigational equipment didn’t prevent this ocean-going freighter from colliding with another ship and sinking into Lake Huron in 1959. Liberian-registered Monrovia sank on June ...