Frozen bodies were brought to Erie after a lake shipwreck a century ago. Legends linger.

The ship was a railroad-car ferry that sank in a winter storm on Lake Erie. Claims of madness and murder among its crew ...
Newsday

'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” This year marks the ...
USA Today

The true story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years after a tragic shipwreck

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...
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How the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Became Every Guy's Favorite Historical Maritime Disaster

For the past several years, a Gordon Lightfoot song from 1976 has become an unlikely seasonal meme. The song, of course, is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a mournful ballad of the true story of ...