The Edmund Fitzgerald still sits at the bottom of Lake Superior, submerged in 535 feet of water, about 17 miles ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - It’s been 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the dark waters of Lake Superior, taking with it 29 lives, a loss that still echoes across the Great Lakes.

Perhaps the most famous Michigan shipwreck, The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November10, 1975 during a storm on Lake Superior. Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to ...

MICHIGAN — The Great Lakes are forces of nature, and one stands apart from the rest. Lake Superior is the biggest and deepest of the five Great Lakes. For centuries, humankind has fought to navigate ...

It happened every year on November 10: if you were listening to the radio anywhere in Michigan, you’d inevitably hear the wail of a guitar that seemed to speak in a human voice, a mournful invitation.

News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...

SAULT STE. MARIE— Even before she went down, the Edmund Fitzgerald was arguably the most well-known freighter sailing on the Great Lakes. People came from miles around to catch a glimpse of her and ...

The gales of November are upon us. On this day, 50 years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm. All 29 crew members drowned. The sinking of the Fitzgerald remains one of ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP/WJW) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” The ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald sails in St. Mary's River in May of 1975. Tom Walton spent one season aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1963. And even just as a porter, he was lucky to land a competitive spot on ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Associated Press reporter Harry Atkins was far from Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, “when the gales of November came early.” But his news coverage the following day of the ...

NASHOTAH, Wis. (AP) — Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before ...