The Edmund Fitzgerald was transporting iron ore when it sank in November 1975, killing all 29 crew members. Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society In November 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald encountered ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society will have two memorials in honor of the 50th anniversary since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior. The commemorative ceremonies will happen on ...

LAKE SUPERIOR - Decades after it sank in a brutal Lake Superior storm, the Edmund Fitzgerald has transformed from a shipwreck into a legend, according to maritime historian Fred Stonehouse. He has ...

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On the brilliant fall afternoon of November 9, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald glided out of Superior, Wisconsin, loaded with 26,000 tons of taconite pellets bound for Detroit. The vast expanse of Lake ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Museum of the Great Lakes will be remembering the tragic loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald by holding a weekend of events during its 50 year anniversary Friday, Nov. 7- Monday, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping ...

Of the 550 recorded shipwrecks on Lake Superior, more than 200 happened not far from Whitefish Point. This sandy corner of Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula juts out into Lake Superior, and really ...

This month marks 50 years since the tragic sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, a ship with deep ties to Toledo that was immortalized in song and history. The National Museum of the Great Lakes is ...