It’s been 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald sank on the evening of Nov. 10, 1975 during a particularly rough storm on Lake Superior. There are no survivors or ...

A new book sheds light on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the loved ones left behind and the sweeping history of the ...

It’s been 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald sank on the evening of Nov. 10, 1975 during a particularly rough storm on Lake Superior. There are no survivors or ...

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- The 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald will be marked Nov. 10, 2025, with the ringing of the ship's bell, retrieved from the bottom of Lake Superior some ...

"Gales of November" about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is on the New York Times' list of hardcover nonfiction ...

When the 729-foot-long SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, it took its entire 29-member crew with it. The men — sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and friends — were connected to dozens ...

SAULT STE. MARIE— Even before she went down, the Edmund Fitzgerald was arguably the most well-known freighter sailing on the Great Lakes. People came from miles around to catch a glimpse of her and ...

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It happened every year on November 10: if you were listening to the radio anywhere in Michigan, you’d inevitably hear the wail of a guitar that seemed to speak in a human voice, a mournful invitation.

Tucked away in the middle of the woods and accessible only by Northern Michigan backroads lives a quintessential up north dive bar called The Hideaway. It’s big with snowmobilers in the winter — hence ...