Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a new book coming out this fall will explore the ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most popular songs by the Canadian folk singer. Originally released in 1976, the song chronicles the 1975 sinking of the real-life ship SS Edmund ...

Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the disaster with his haunting song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Lightfoot’s lyrics blame the disaster on the "Witch of November," the ...