The Great Lakes are known more commonly "Lake Superior" and for its capability to swallow ships without warning. 50 years ...

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

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - November marks the anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the largest ships to ever sail the Great Lakes. Throughout its career, it earned nicknames like ...

On November 10, 1975, the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a severe storm on Lake Superior, with loss of all aboard. The sinking was marked by Gordon ...

As the snow falls and the lights go up, I feel Christmas coming to Chicago in a frenzied charge. It won’t be long before Black Friday shopping ensues and the feverish, sweaty herd of consumers descend ...

TRAVERSE CITY — This November marks 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and 9&10 News is bringing you special coverage to remember the ship and her crew. Join us at 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald likely has become the most widely known shipwreck in North America, thanks to singer Gordon Lightfoot. It was in 1976 when Lightfoot released “The Wreck of the ...

Duluth wholesalers say supplies of turkeys this Thanksgiving will be adequate and affordable. Turkeys are quoted at present at 42 cents a pound, wholesale. Dr. Robert Lyman Nelson, 55, a prominent ...

CLEVELAND — Fifty years ago this month, the Great Lakes reminded us of their power — and their peril. On Nov. 10, 1975, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald vanished beneath the icy waters of Lake Superior. All ...

As I write this column, it is the 50th anniversary to the day — Nov. 10, 1975 — of the sinking on Lake Superior of the majestic Great Lakes freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald, amid the storm of the century.

“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on downof the big lake they call Gitche GumeeSuperior, they said, never gives up her deadwhen the gales of November come early.”— Gordon Lightfoot As I write ...