Retelling shipwreck stories help keep the memories of their victims alive. How the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS Carl D. Bradley ...

The 16,000 square-foot museum is memorializing the Nov. 10, 1975, tragedy of the Fitzgerald with a weekend of events.

The American Patriot will then make its way north to the Upper Peninsula and stop in Escanaba, Michigan, on day five. The ...

Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck, which is now designated a protected grave site. That leaves ...

The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard have promoted Gregg Thauvette and Thomas Rigolo, two long-time leaders ...

In the words of Gordon Lightfoot, “The searchers all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind ...

The uniqueness of the Fitzgerald and the unknowns surrounding its demise may be part of why it’s so well-preserved in the memory of those who were here to experience it. Lynn has shadowy recollections ...

On July 26, a group of swimmers took a boat out to the site of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare moment in the ...

The mussels are infamous for voracious appetites that fuel their rapid growth. Now, state and local water managers are ...

Thousands of ships have gone down in the Great Lakes, but none were as infamous as the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Dan Smith breaks ...

Thousands of ships have gone down in the Great Lakes, but none were as infamous as the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Dan Smith breaks ...

David “Cowboy” Weiss was a wild-hearted, cocky and freshly minted cadet from Traverse City’s new Great Lakes Maritime Academy ...