No one was more surprised than Gordon Lightfoot when his ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" became one of the biggest hits of 1976, less than a year after the disaster it commemorates. The ...

These days, when someone mentions the Edmund Fitzgerald, our minds immediately flip to Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic ballad that tells the tale of the freighter’s terrible sinking in a Lake Superior storm ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald vanished in one of Lake Superior’s worst storms, later found broken in two on the lakebed. This video examines her design limits, cargo loading, weather conditions, and the ...

Late October and early November are for large wind storms in the Great Lakes. One such "November witch" lead to one of the most infamous ship sinkings in U.S. history. On Nov. 10, 1975, 50 years ago ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10, 1975, during a violent Lake Superior storm that claimed all 29 crew members. The ship battled escalating winds, massive waves, radar failure and severe ...

There have been six sanctioned expeditions of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The ship sank in Canadian waters in 1975 and rests 535-feet below the surface of Lake Superior. The last dive was approved in 1995 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 50-year mark of the most well-known Great Lakes shipwreck just passed on Nov. 10, 2025 – the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It has gained popularity in recent years, ...

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a... 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ...