When it launched from the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship in the Great Lakes. For roughly a year, the 729-foot vessel was ...

The Aerial Lift Bridge Supervisor job puts someone in the position of managing an iconic piece of the city's history, tasked ...

DULUTH - There's something about those tall ships. They make every kid yell "cool" and adults click away with cameras with mouths agape. But Dorothy Church of Grand Rapids may have worded it best as ...

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship ...

It's one of the most well-known shipwrecks in American history. This Monday marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank ...

Terrence Tysall is one of two people known to have scuba dived to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — something now ...

DULUTH — Under cloudy skies with temperatures in the 40s, the James R. Barker departed Duluth-Superior on Thursday morning.

The University of Minnesota-Duluth played host to a special night of remembrance in honor of Lake Superior’s most famous ship. The production “Gales of November” took the stage at the school’s ...

John White, 39, the second cook on the steamer Octorara, was shot in the knee when a gun owned by a 15-year-old pantry boy accidentally went off while the ship was leaving port in Duluth. White, who ...

A historic lighthouse in Duluth may be open for tours to the public in two years — if the group that acquired it can raise the funds needed to clean and restore it. With a distinctive red roof and ...