Yahoo

‘We are holding our own’: Remembering the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s tragic sinking 50 years later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP/WJW) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won't be long before there's some reminder ...
WSAW

Superior unveils new Edmund Fitzgerald historical marker 50 years after ship’s last voyage

SUPERIOR, Wis. (Northern News Now) - In light of the 50th anniversary of the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Monday, community members of Superior gathered to unveil a historical marker on the ...
Star Tribune

Where to honor the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, the 729-foot lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe gale in Lake Superior. All 29 crewmembers were lost. It was the largest ship ever to sink in the ...
Chicago Tribune

Michael Peregrine: During a November storm 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. The mystery persists.

Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the loss of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald to the storms of Lake Superior, a tragedy that reflects harshly on the impotence of humans and their machines before ...
MLive

The Edmund Fitzgerald’s doomed journey began 50 years ago today

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 50 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, prepped for what would become her tragic final voyage. Once the largest ship on ...
WKYC3

Echoes from the Deep: Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later

Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior - and a legend was born. The iron ore freighter, one of the largest and most well-known ships on the Great Lakes, ...
Chicago Tribune

A ceremony remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later, gales of November included

PARADISE, MICHIGAN — Whitefish Point, also known as the Shipwreck Coast around the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and as the Graveyard of the Great Lakes to the sailors who must sneak past it to enter ...
Forbes

The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago, But The Legend Lives On

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This story has been updated with additional details, primarily about the likely ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photos: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

In a Nov. 11, 1975 file photo, one of several merchant ships, that aided in the search for the missing freighter Edmund Fitzgerald cruises the area believe to be the last known location of the ...
WOOD-TV

8 inaccuracies in ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

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 ...
Newsday

Retired AP reporter helped cement the legend of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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 ...