It's been 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank among huge waves on Lake Superior, and its legend is just as gripping as ever.

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.

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...

On a stormy night in 1975, a giant cargo ship vanished beneath Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost, and the cause ...

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, former reporter Harry Atkins recounts his experience covering the wreck of ...

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

One huge November storm sank 18 ships and drowned more than 250 sailors on the lakes 62 years before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior.

When it launched from the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship in the Great Lakes. For roughly a year, the 729-foot vessel was ...

The Maritime Museum (DCMM) will honor those who died in the wreck of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald with a brief ...

Our collective memory is important, which is why the Marshall plane crash, 9/11, Pearl Harbor and the Edmund Fitzgerald are ...