FOX6 Milwaukee will unveil its first documentary, "Gales of November: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald," offering an ...

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

Ask any Michigan child to name two famous shipwrecks and, chances are, they’ll say the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The SS Alpena, the oldest working freighter on Michigan's Great Lakes, is back on course for another shipping season. As of 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 28, the ship was en route from Cleveland, Ohio, and was on ...

The Gales of November” takes a look back at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald nearly 50 years after its sinking. The 729-foot Great ...

The Nov. 10 event in Fairport Harbor Village will highlight two of the community’s connections to The Edmund Fitzgerald.

In his new book, "The Gales of November," John U. Bacon explores the history and mysteries of the 1975 wreck of the Edmund ...

The Whitefish Point museum holds the ship's bell, and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather to remember the ...

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald turned heads when she was launched in Detroit in 1958. The ship was longer and could carry more ...

ABOARD THE WOLVERINE (AP) -- Gliding imperceptibly across the horizon, the gigantic Great Lakes freighters are dark, silent, massive and imposing. Yet everyone from ship captain down to deckhand will ...

Great Lakes freighters and their crews don’t get the day off for holidays. “When sailing the (Great) Lakes, our mariners work every day to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing ...