PRESQUE ISLE, MI – Thick fog hung over Lake Huron on June 18, 1905. The 414-foot steamer Etruria was sailing northbound. The ...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy, 68 swimmers are retracing the ship's final voyage with a ...

Local swimmers are preparing to swim 411-miles from Lake Superior to Detroit to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago.

The relay swim, in honor of 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, will cover 411 miles and aims to ...

He passed the test, earned his license and ended up being assigned to the Great Lakes, operating the engines, turbines, generators and other machinery on lake freighters.

Among the most unusual ships on Lake Michigan in the 1920s was the steamer George W. Clyde. In contrast to the rather ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes. But in the summer of 2024, one freighter came dangerously close ...

After years of efforts by the state, the owner of a frequently sinking barge near Suttons Bay has moved it from the ...