In recent years, the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society has hosted small events to honor those lost on the Great Lakes, but for the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the group ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

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Dramatic retelling of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Nov. 8: Actors will retell the story of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald using recorded and live sound effects, including the real radio ...

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 ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won't be long before there's some reminder of what happened "when the gales of November came early." This year marks ...

What caused the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter to sink amid a violent storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, killing its 29 crew members, remains a point of debate and mystery a half-century later.

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ballad it inspired—still haunt the popular imagination Ellen Wexler | Writer ...

For the past several years, a Gordon Lightfoot song from 1976 has become an unlikely seasonal meme. The song, of course, is “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a mournful ballad of the true story of ...