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

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.

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

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the Great Lakes, ...

Rix Mixter, who is one of few divers to visit the Edmund Fitzgerald remains, discussed the Great Lakes' most famous shipwreck ...

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 loss of the Fitzgerald left people stunned. The tragedy spurred new safety measures and change among shipping companies, ...

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

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

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald changed its route across Lake Superior to protect itself from the violent storm that was coming. It proved fatal.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of the thousands of ships ...