The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, wrecked in Lake Superior 50 years ...

When it was clear the Fitzgerald had disappeared, the question became: Who would brave the storm to look for the crew?

Freighters on the River Rouge in 1936. A view of the River Rouge from I-75 in 1936. The River Rouge in 1936 Freighters in the winter of 1937 on White Fish Bay on Lake Superior. Freighters on Lake ...

The 50th anniversary of the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald reminds us of how important the Great Lakes are as a conduit of commerce.

DULUTH — The Western Reserve, a mammoth and nearly new steam freighter, was en route to Two Harbors in August 1892 when it split in half during a storm and quickly sank to the depths of Lake Superior, ...

On a stormy night in 1975, a giant cargo ship vanished beneath Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost, and the cause ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Dramatic video captured a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter airlifting someone off a large freighter on Lake Superior. According to authorities, a MH-60 Seahawk was sent from ...

Hurricane-force winds were whipping up 40-foot waves as part of the early winter storm on Nov. 11-12 that cut a wide swath of ...

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter conducted an airlift operation to rescue a patient from a freighter on Lake Superior due to a medical emergency. The helicopter, dispatched from Traverse City on ...