Sixty eight swimmers will swim in a relay to finish the 411-mile journey the Edmund Fitzgerald never got to complete.

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an ore carrier that, when it was launched in June 1958, was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Costing $8 million to build, the 729-foot-long ship was designed to ...

Explore six intriguing theories behind the mysterious sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the most famous shipwrecks ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk 48 years ago on Nov. 10 during a storm on Lake Superior. Here's how its impact is still felt today across the Great Lakes region today.

Swimmers will finish the Edmund Fitzgerald’s final journey, 50 years after the fateful sinking of the ship. The Edmund ...

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

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald is the largest ship sitting at the bottom of any of the Great Lakes. However, it's largely a mystery shrouded in darkness. We explore it through the eyes of Ric Mixter.

Friday marked 48 years since one of the most famous and deadly Great Lakes shipwrecks: the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk 48 years ago on Nov. 10 during a storm on Lake Superior. Here's how its impact is still felt today across the Great Lakes region today.

Fifty years after the tragic sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, a team of 68 open water swimmers will take on a 411-mile relay swim to symbolically complete the freighter’s final voyage — one it ...