Before it met its demise 50 years ago, the ore freighter commissioned by Northwestern Mutual was the rock star of Great Lakes ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald, a well-known freighter sailing on the Great Lakes, sank in 1975, becoming the most well-known ship ...

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...

The Great Lakes’ most famous shipwreck was 50 years ago. Theories abound, but the Fitzgerald wouldn’t have even been on Lake Superior if not for the medical bills of the captain’s wife.

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The second-oldest confirmed shipwreck in the Great Lakes, an Americanbuilt, ...

Milwaukee Public Library's Central Library is home to a collection of artifacts and files from a plethora of ships, including ...

A bit of wood poking out of the sand. A piece of metal under the waves. You may have stumbled upon a washed-up shipwreck. An estimated 6,000 vessels have been lost on the Great Lakes with ...