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Freighter speeding through fog caused 1905 collision, sinking of 414-foot steamer on Lake Huron
PRESQUE ISLE, MI – Thick fog hung over Lake Huron on June 18, 1905. The 414-foot steamer Etruria was sailing northbound. The ...
Swimmers to complete Edmund Fitzgerald’s final 411-mile journey across Great Lakes
The relay swim, in honor of 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, will cover 411 miles and aims to ...
Open water swimmers to ‘complete’ S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald’s final trip, 50 years later
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy, 68 swimmers are retracing the ship's final voyage with a ...
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Has this freighter made its final voyage?
It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes. But in the summer of 2024, one freighter came dangerously close ...