Erie mariners tell the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald and its sinking 50 years ago

Sailors through the years recalled the ship and its crew and where they were working during the gale of Nov. 10, 1975.

50 years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery

An expedition to the Edmund Fitzgerald site hasn’t happened since July 1995. That year, a team recovered the ship’s bell — ...

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 ever.

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship ...

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Lake Michigan shipwrecks close to the city

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’ ...