In 1994, Ric Mixter spent nearly two hours on the bottom of Lake Superior. His dive revealed torn steel, spilled ore and clues to the freighter’s fate.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Monday marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost to Lake Superior, becoming the largest shipwreck on the Great Lakes and one of its most storied tragedies. News ...

DuMouchelles announced the life ring, along with a plank from one of the freighter’s lifeboats, will go to bid at 11 a.m. on Dec. 19. The starting bid is $11,250 but the auction house expects the lot ...

An article about the Edmund Fitzgerald in Newsweek magazine and a wire service story are believed to have inspired Gordon Lightfoot to write his song. The song was released in August 1976 and had ...

LANSING, Mich. — 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 infamous ...

Edmund Fitzgerald 50 FILE - The Fitzgerald in a 1959 file photo, with a crew of 28 to 30 men, was carrying a load of 26,216 tons of taconite pellets. (AP Photo, file ...

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI — “Things look pretty bad. It looks like she may have split apart at the seams.” In the hours after the 728-foot Edmund Fitzgerald abruptly vanished from the radar during a gale on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — 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 recent years, ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. — 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.” This year marks the ...