It's been 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank among huge waves on Lake Superior, and its legend is just as gripping as ever.

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...

Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a phenomenon that brought the mighty Edmund Fitzgerald to the bottom.

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was considered the largest and fastest Great Lakes ship. It set multiple records for the largest ...

On a stormy night in 1975, a giant cargo ship vanished beneath Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost, and the cause ...

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, former reporter Harry Atkins recounts his experience covering the wreck of ...

With the weather forecasting capabilities of today, the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald may not have even embarked from port.

When it launched from the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship in the Great Lakes. For roughly a year, the 729-foot vessel was ...

Our collective memory is important, which is why the Marshall plane crash, 9/11, Pearl Harbor and the Edmund Fitzgerald are ...

The Maritime Museum (DCMM) will honor those who died in the wreck of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald with a brief ...