PRESQUE ISLE, MI – Thick fog hung over Lake Huron on June 18, 1905. The 414-foot steamer Etruria was sailing northbound. The 545-foot freighter Amaza Stone was speeding southbound. The two ships ...

The SS Alpena, the oldest working freighter on Michigan's Great Lakes, is back on course for another shipping season. As of 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, the ship was en route from Cleveland, Ohio, and was on ...

Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed ...

Modern technology provides the ability to learn definitively what sank the Edmund Fitzgerald — if the restrictions over ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were left so ...

The Fitzgerald family has a long maritime history in Port Huron, dating back to 1837. The swim will trace the freighter's intended route, symbolically completing its final voyage. The relay will raise ...

Winds will shift from southwest to westerly behind the front on Monday, with continued gusty conditions through much of the ...

Michigan is home to more than a half dozen historic vessels from the age of sails to steam and diesel power that you can visit and tour. Michigan also features the historic car ferry, SS Badger, but ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early on Friday. The Poe Lock will open to marine traffic at 8 a.m. on Friday, ...