The Bradley was built in 1927 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. It was owned by the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Co. and built specifically to transfer limestone from a massive ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck went viral on social media as the 50th anniversary sparked trending posts and tributes across ...

The 50-year mark of the most well-known Great Lakes shipwreck just passed on Nov. 10, 2025 – the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It has gained popularity in ...

Milwaukee Public Library's Central Library is home to a collection of artifacts and files from a plethora of ships, including ...

The 50th anniversary of the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald reminds us of how important the Great Lakes are as a conduit ...

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 50 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, ...

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

Before it met its demise 50 years ago, the ore freighter commissioned by Northwestern Mutual was the rock star of Great Lakes ...

Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that falls under Illinois’ ...

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body.

Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is now designated a protected ...

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