The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on November ... confirmed the site of the wreck having discovered the ship's stern 535 feet below the lake's surface, according to the museum.

On May 20, 1976, the words "Edmund Fitzgerald" could be seen on the stern, upside down, 535 feet deep. On April 15, 1977, the U.S. Coast Guard released its official report on the sinking of the ship.

There has been speculation that the Edmund Fitzgerald broke in half on the surface as the bow and stern rode the crests of two large waves. However, the Coast Guard’s final report suggests the ...

Descendants of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s namesake return to Port Huron to honor their roots and help complete the freighter’s ...

LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - It was 49 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, prepped for what would become its tragic final voyage. Once the largest ship ...

The stern section landed upside down ... “For the first time in almost 20 years, living hands were touching the Edmund Fitzgerald,” he said. “I knew that people had died in this wreck.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost in similar fashion last ... caught simultaneously by two giant waves that lifted its bow and stern, snapping it in the middle. Another theory suggests that the ...

So begins Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” released in 1976, about one year after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, claiming 29 lives.

There has been speculation that the Edmund Fitzgerald broke in half on the surface as the bow and stern rode the crests of two large waves. However, the Coast Guard’s final report suggests the ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – It was Nov. 10, 1975, when an early winter storm complete with hurricane-force winds and dangerously-high waves sunk the SS Edmund Fitzgerald killing all 29 crew on board.