The Great Lakes were a massive graveyard for ships lost at sea for centuries. Sailboats have slipped into storms, never to be ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a large freighter that ... Not only is this the biggest shipwreck in the Great Lakes, but it’s also one of the most mysterious. The captain never sent a distress ...

One of the most famous modern Great Lakes shipwrecks is the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that also sank in Lake Superior in 1975 during a terrible gale. Its crew of 29 men perished, but the ...

Tom Farnquist (Self - Curator, Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ... Christopher Rowley Shipwreck: The Mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald reenacts the happenings prior to the mysterious disappearance ...

Much of the history regarding the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald surrounds what was lost, but there is an important item that was found -- and it’s now on full display.

which teaches visitors about the historic dangers of travel on the Great Lakes. Lightfoot's mid-1970s hit song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald brought greater awareness to the shipwreck ...

Rogue waves can also form in large bodies of fresh water, said National Geographic. One of the most famous US shipwrecks of ...

The wreck itself … not so much ... Let’s go over a few of those failures in slightly more detail: First, lake freighters of Edmund Fitzgerald’s generation were essentially giant tubs. If they took on ...

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the Great Lakes ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald , an event given lasting fame by singer Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ...