LAKE SUPERIOR -- Nobody really knows what caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink ... simulated the effect of a 56-foot wave on a scale model of the Fitzgerald. The Anderson's captain also made ...

The 2006 NOAA model shows waves moving from west to east, however. So, as the Edmund Fitzgerald was traveling ... This was a small-scale situation of increasing severe wind gusts.

The Colorado Model Railroad Museum has a large model of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on display. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter) One of the more heartbreaking things Johnson told visitors was that she ...

In the 40 years since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior with 29 crew members aboard, advances in technology and weather forecasting have made shipping on the Great Lakes ...