To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, 68 open water swimmers will take part in a ...

The Thompson Hill Welcome Center is a stop with all the pamphlets and maps you could possibly need to plot your ... including the tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Additionally, you can book a ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald, which was hauling iron ore pellets to a steel mill in Cleveland, capsized in hurricane-force winds about 17 miles away from Whitefish Bay, where Baxter's ship was docked.

Edmund Fitzgerald’s legacy returns to Port Huron 50 years after the wreck S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald memorialized in relay swim event retracing ship's planned route on its last voyage ...

By contrast, the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald was 728 feet long. There are 13 1,000-foot ships on the lakes, according to Visit Sault Ste. Marie.

How did the Edmund Fitzgerald—a massive freighter—vanish without a distress call? From rogue waves to structural failure, we break down 6 leading theories behind the ship’s sudden and tragic ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald was first launched on June 7, 1958 and was the largest carrier on the Great Lakes until 1971. The ship weighed 13,632 tons and measured 729 feet long by 75 feet wide.

Experts estimate that more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes, roughly half of which fell victim during the legendary gales of November, like the well-known Edmund Fitzgerald.

A guitar Gordon Lightfoot used to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" sold for $350,000, while other items related to that song went for four- and five-figure prices.

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was launched 75 years later. It was named after Edmond Fitzgerald’s great nephew, Edmund Fitzgerald. In 1975, it too sank during a November storm on the Great Lakes.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Sunday marked the 49th anniversary of the day 29 mariners on the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter lost their lives in a storm on Lake Superior. Toledo has a special connection of the ...

49 years ago, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald embarked on its very last voyage in Lake Superior. What caused it to sink? We still aren't sure.