Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body. Here are their stories.
Nolan Church joined the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a porter late in life — a new career at age 50 after he was laid off ...
A Great Lakes historian believes another expedition to the wreckage with advanced technology could find out why the ship sank ...
We are holding our own” – the last radio transmission by the SS Edmund Fitzgerald to the SS Arthur M. Anderson on November 10 ...
For those that live or have lived around the American Great Lakes region, the story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is likely ...
A massive freighter carrying thousands of tons of iron ore disappeared in Lake Superior, setting shipping on a new course ...
Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is now designated a protected ...
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 ...
A half century after the Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, the ship has become more than a wreck. It’s a grave and a legend ...