Almost half a century ago the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, a Great Lakes bulk cargo vessel en route to Detroit from Superior, Wisconsin, sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a fierce storm that ...

Why? More: What you should know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Milwaukee-linked ship that sank and inspired a classic Gordon Lightfoot song More: Gordon Lightfoot on the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck ...

They're known as the gales of November, and they conjure images of hurricane-force winds, towering waves, ice-cold temperatures, and bobbing ships. The gales of November, also known as the ...

Some, like the iron ore carrier the Edmund Fitzgerald, went down and took the entire crew down with them. The "Fitz" sank on Nov. 10, 1975, not far from Whitefish Point, during a fierce November ...

These included unsafe vessel design, unsafe modifications, overloading, lack of critical instrumentation, prior hull damage, a bad weather forecast, a captain who was too cavalier about sailing in ...

Maybe I’m just wired different. When I order a Great Lakes Brewing Co. Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, I’m flooded with memories of people, places, experiences – not to mention those who are far ...