Before it met its demise 50 years ago, the ore freighter commissioned by Northwestern Mutual was the rock star of Great Lakes ...
From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...
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Great Lakes’ deadly history: Edmund Fitzgerald was last major wreck, but far from the only one
It's been 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank among huge waves on Lake Superior, and its legend is just as gripping as ...
But long before that tragedy, talk of the Mighty Fitz had centered around a ship that was known as an engineering marvel. She ...
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 ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — Nearly 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald vanished on Lake Superior, another Great Lakes giant — right here in Toledo — continues to tell its story. The Col. James M. Schoonmaker, now ...
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The wreck of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of the thousands of ships ...
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How One Giant Freighter Vanished in a Great Lakes Storm
On a stormy night in 1975, a giant cargo ship vanished beneath Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost, and the cause ...
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.
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