The Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim will begin on Saturday in Lake Superior and be done in stages. It's meant to memorialize ...

The Anderson was called upon to help search for the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald in rough Lake Superior waters in 1975. The Fitzgerald, an ore carrier, sank Nov. 10, 1975. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) AP ...

November marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and an Upper Peninsula-based company is honoring ...

The crew aboard the USCGC HOLLYHOCK visited the site of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, tossing 29 roses into the water - one for each mariner lost in the sinking during a storm on Nov. 10 ...

LiveScience: A "hindcast" blames the famous wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on hurricane-force gusts and waves coming from an unexpected angle.

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk singer who died on Monday at 84, had one hit in particular that famously defied Top 40 logic. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” his 1976 folk ballad ...

The annual Great Lakes Memorial takes place Sunday at the Mariners' Church of Detroit. Rev. Jeffrey Hubbard describes the event's significance and its roots in a 1975 shipwreck.

The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: On this date (Nov. 10) in 1975, the 729-foot ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank at 7:10 p.m. during a violent Lake Superior storm that brought 70 m.p.h. winds ...

Undoubtedly, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" will be heard and discussed. "Any bit of literature, prose or poetry that magnifies the loss of loved ones is so dramatic," said Bishop Richard W ...

Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was played in schools as historical text, tolled over radio waves and deployed to inspire mandatory reverence.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was a massive ship at the time, one of the largest on the Great Lakes. Built in 1971, the freighter was 729 feet long and cost $8.4 million dollars to build.

Both are members of the local Moose club, where "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a favorite selection by patrons. At her Ogdensburg home, Ms. McSorley has several items of memorabilia to ...