Video, Timeline, Facts: 50 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

Video, Timeline, Facts: 50 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

DETROIT, Mich. (MWSN) — The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the most tragic events in Great Lakes history, marks its 50th anniversary on November 10th, 2025. Fifty years earlier, as the morning light broke on November 9th, 1975, the ship cast off from the calm waters of Superior, Wisconsin, heading for Detroit, unaware […]

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Video, Timeline, Facts: 46 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

Video, Timeline, Facts: 46 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

The tragedy of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was 46 years ago as of Wednesday, November 10th. The ship began its’ doomed voyage 46 years ago Tuesday, November 9th. The Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm. The entire crew of 29 was lost with the […]

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Video, Timeline, Facts: 45 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

Video, Timeline, Facts: 45 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

The tragedy of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was 45 years ago as of Sunday, November 10th. The ship began its’ doomed voyage 45 years ago Saturday, November 9th. The Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm. The entire crew of 29 was lost with the […]

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Video, Timeline, Facts: 44 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

Video, Timeline, Facts: 44 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Made its’ Final Journey

The tragedy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 44 years ago as of Sunday (November 10th). The ship began its’ doomed voyage 44 years ago Saturday (November 9th). In its’ first two decades of traveling the Great Lakes, the Fitzgerald broke records for largest loads of freight carried on the lakes. The ship […]

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