A life ring and a plank from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald’s Lifeboat 1 will be auctioned at Detroit’s DuMouchelles this month.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned ...

Hogback Mountain, a short drive from downtown, rewards moderate hiking effort with views that will have you reaching for your ...

The ship was a railroad-car ferry that sank in a winter storm on Lake Erie. Claims of madness and murder among its crew ...

If you think a northern Michigan town might be limited to pasties and whitefish (though both are exceptional here), prepare for your taste buds to be pleasantly shocked. Marquette’s food scene punches ...

OMP resident Shelley Cowan recently attended the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial in Paradise, Michigan. Read her field notes from ...

50 years ago this week, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, claiming the lives of all 29 of its crew members. The fabled ship, immortalized by Canadian singer-songwriter ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 50-year mark of the most well-known Great Lakes shipwreck just passed on Nov. 10, 2025 – the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It has gained popularity in recent years, ...

TRAVERSE CITY — The Great Lakes Maritime Academy hosted its 50th annual Mariners Memorial Service on Monday afternoon. The annual ceremony took place at the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan ...

News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” This year marks the ...