The Whitefish Point museum holds the ship's bell, and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather to remember the ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point is home to the only item removed from the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the ...

It was a calm and clear afternoon when the Edmund Fitzgerald left port in Superior, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1975. The ...

Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping on these inland ...

It's been nearly 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. The shipwreck is one of the most well-known in the world, yet so much is still unknown. Twenty-nine men died in ...

Colonial Michilimackinac will transform into Fort Fright in the evenings of Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4, with monsters, ghost tales and cozy campfires waiting for guests inside. Need a news ...

The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary stands as America’s only freshwater sanctuary, protecting one of the nation’s most significant collections of shipwrecks.

Culligan Plaza serves as downtown Alpena’s central gathering space, a small but mighty park where community events and casual meetups occur with equal frequency. The iconic Alpena bi-centennial ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum will close Friday after a record-breaking season, with ticket sales expected to exceed ...

In honor of the 50th year since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum will host two memorials.