Powerful storms, intense winds, arctic air and even bursts of warmth all play a role in creating the tumbler of weather the ...
The catastrophic weather event, known as the “White Hurricane,” struck the Great Lakes between November 7-11, 1913, bringing ...
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 ...
From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...
Archived documents at BGSU's Jerome Library reveal new details about the storm that sank the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975.
Sailors through the years recalled the ship and its crew and where they were working during the gale of Nov. 10, 1975.
MILWAUKEE, WI — As the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald approaches on November 10th, this haunting chapter of Great Lakes history continues to be told.
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Open Record: Gales of November

To commemorate five decades since the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald, FOX6 has produced an all-new documentary that dives ...
Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in the Wisconsin area: the president of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, which owned the ...
Reflecting on the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, the Butler County Sheriff's Office honors the 29 lives lost in 1975.
One huge November storm sank 18 ships and drowned more than 250 sailors on the lakes 62 years before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior.
Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is now designated a protected ...