With the weather forecasting capabilities of today, the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald may not have even embarked from port.

The Edmund Fitzgerald changed its route across Lake Superior to protect itself from the violent storm that was coming. It ...

Modern technology provides the ability to learn definitively what sank the Edmund Fitzgerald - if the restrictions over ...

Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won't be long before there's some reminder of what happened "when ...

towering waves, ice-cold temperatures, and bobbing ships. Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between ...

November 10 will mark 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior. It’s one of the region’s most popular ...

Nestled along Minnesota’s North Shore in Silver Bay, Tettegouche isn’t just another dot on the state park map – it’s 9,346 acres of nature showing off. The name itself – pronounced TET-a-goosh, for ...

Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a phenomenon that ...

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

The U.S. Coast Guard contends with staffing and equipment issues as it provides the types of rescues few other agencies can ...