The uniqueness of the Fitzgerald and the unknowns surrounding its demise may be part of why it’s so well-preserved in the memory of those who were here to experience it. Lynn has shadowy recollections ...

David “Cowboy” Weiss was a wild-hearted, cocky and freshly minted cadet from Traverse City’s new Great Lakes Maritime Academy ...

On Monday, Nov. 10, a new documentary will be premiering throughout Wisconsin. “50 Years Later: The Edmund Fitzgerald,” will ...

David James Carlson leads the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Band. He knew the late singer-songwriter personally, and remembers ...

Retelling shipwreck stories help keep the memories of their victims alive. How the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS Carl D. Bradley ...

Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck, which is now designated a protected grave site. That leaves ...

The 16,000 square-foot museum is memorializing the Nov. 10, 1975, tragedy of the Fitzgerald with a weekend of events.

There are an estimated 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks lining the sea floor. In June 2025, divers discovered a ...

In the brutal winter of 1941-42, nearly 100,000 German troops, including hardened SS units and Scandinavian volunteers, were encircled by Soviet forces in the Demyansk Pocket. Facing freezing ...

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body. Here are their stories.

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great ...

With the 50th anniversary of one of the Great Lakes’ most storied shipwrecks approaching, maritime historian Ric Mixter visited Corunna to share his firsthand perspective.