Nearly half a century after the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of 29 crew members, the ...

Bidding is open on the 12-string acoustic guitar Gordon Lightfoot reportedly used to write the 1976 hit, as well as on a 1989 ...

Only a fraction of the Great Lakes' bottom has been mapped, and the available charts, completed decades ago, are ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter in Lake Superior in 1975 was remembered at a ceremony in River Rouge, Mich. The daughter of the cook on the Edmund Fitzgerald says she learned of his ...

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 ...

Tony Strublic is a self-taught artist who specializes in fine pencil drawings of Great Lakes ships and ocean liners.

(WPBN/WGTU) -- Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. And starting next week, you can register for a month-long memorial swim from Lake Superior to Detroit.

lake freighters of Edmund Fitzgerald’s generation were essentially giant tubs. If they took on water, the lack of watertight bulkheads in the cargo hold would send the vessel to the seafloor like an ...

Wickliffe Public Library will be hosting “The Witch of November and the Edmund Fitzgerald” at 7 p.m. Nov. 14. Attendees can explore a brief history of shipping on the Great Lakes that ...

The comprehensive five day trip covering all the major stops in the state of Michigan, built from a lifetime of attempted ...

Discover five great festive beers for Halloween that go beyond pumpkin ales. Perfect for parties, trick-or-treating, and cozy ...

Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up. Now, 40 ...