Sunday, November 10 marks the 49th year since the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank during a storm on Lake Superior.
When it sank with all 29 souls aboard on Nov. 10, 1975, the big freighter became the Great Lake’s most well-known shipwreck.
Almost half a century ago the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, a Great Lakes bulk cargo vessel en route to Detroit from Superior, ...
It had a capacity of 26,000 tons. The ship was named after the President and CEO of its owner, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. According to a Los Angeles Times obituary, Edmund Fitzgerald, ...
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum’s annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony will be offered as a livestream ceremony on Sunday evening.
The Edmund Fitzgerald memorial service will be livestreamed on Nov. 10, marking 49 years since the ship sank in Lake Superior.
LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 49 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, ...
It’s amazing how finding a way to retell a tragic tale can infuse friends in recovery with a new sense of purpose. What started in May 2023 with retired pals puffing on cigars and sharing their ...
Dexter Twp resident Bob Nester helped coordinate a research effort that studied the wreckage with new technology. Photo: ...