Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, the 729-foot lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe gale in Lake Superior. All 29 crewmembers were lost. It was the largest ship ever to sink in the ...
When a royal vessel sank of the coast of Normandy in 1120, it not only claimed hundreds of lives but also set off a ...
Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in the Wisconsin area: the president of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, which owned the ...
But long before that tragedy, talk of the Mighty Fitz had centered around a ship that was known as an engineering marvel. She ...
"Deeper Than the Ocean," award-winning author Mirta Ojito's debut novel, centers around the Valbanera shipwreck and the rich ...
Ask any Michigan child to name two famous shipwrecks and, chances are, they’ll say the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Gordon Lightfoot wrote one of the most iconic songs about a historical event, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." ...
When the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, it was up to the crew of the Arthur M. Anderson to go search for survivors. Then, it was up ...
A German U-boat torpedoed HMS Bayano which sank with the loss of nearly 200 lives on 11 March 1915. Following a series of ...
The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years after it sank off the coast of the Upper Peninsula's Whitefish ...
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 ...
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