On the night of November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared in a brutal Lake Superior storm with all 29 crewmen aboard. The 730-foot freighter had departed Superior, Wisconsin, the day ...
TWO HARBORS, Minn. – Nolan Church joined the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a porter late in life — a new career at age 50 after he was laid off from mining-related work in Silver Bay. After long ...
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Fifty years after the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the shipwreck still fascinates.
The Edmund Fitzgerald sails in St. Mary's River in May of 1975. Tom Walton spent one season aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1963. And even just as a porter, he was lucky to land a competitive spot on ...
Fifty years ago, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, along with the crew of 29 men, was lost on Lake Superior. The ship notoriously sank Nov. 10, 1975, an event that has since been popularized by Gordon ...
"Gales of November" about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is on the New York Times' list of hardcover nonfiction ...
The Vibe with Mike YouTube channel has an international following, and Mike says the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald resonates with them too. The Fitz was carrying over 26,000 tons of taconite when she ...
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SAULT STE. MARIE— Even before she went down, the Edmund Fitzgerald was arguably the most well-known freighter sailing on the Great Lakes. People came from miles around to catch a glimpse of her and ...