When it was clear the Fitzgerald had disappeared, the question became: Who would brave the storm to look for the crew?

“The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on downof the big lake they call Gitche GumeeSuperior, they said, never gives up her deadwhen the gales of November come early.”— Gordon Lightfoot As I write ...

People are gathering at ceremonies around the Great Lakes this weekend to honor the memories of the 29 crew members who died ...

No one was more surprised than Gordon Lightfoot when his ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" became one of the biggest hits of 1976, less than a year after the disaster it commemorates. The ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Few ships in Great Lakes history are as legendary as the Edmund Fitzgerald, especially across Northern Ohio, which was home to nearly half the 29 seamen who went down with the lake ...

Edmund Fitzgerald. The captain was from Ottawa Hills and six crewmen also called Northwest Ohio home. The ship sank during a violent Lake Superior storm, killing all 29 men on board. The wreck was the ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

The Bradley was built in 1927 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. It was owned by the Michigan Limestone & ...