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

Sans Gordon Lightfoot and his song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," the Mighty Fitz would likely have disappeared from most memories, too. Much like the SS Daniel J. Morrell, which sank on Lake ...

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

The Edmund Fitzgerald, a well-known freighter sailing on the Great Lakes, sank in 1975, becoming the most well-known ship ...

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, wrecked in Lake Superior 50 years ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of the thousands of ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes (AP video: Scott Bauer and Mike Hou ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It will be at least another day mired about a mile off shore from Buffalo for the crew of the Great Lakes freighter Manitoulin, which became stuck in ice after leaving the Queen City ...

ALPENA, MI – Advanced navigational equipment didn’t prevent this ocean-going freighter from colliding with another ship and sinking into Lake Huron in 1959. Liberian-registered Monrovia sank on June ...

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 ...

The Viking Octantis will kick off the state’s cruising season on Friday, April 25, when it docks in Detroit. Octantis ties ...