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Relic from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is returned, plus $600,000 from Michigan

November 13, 2025
Somber ceremony under a bright blue sky remembers the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald at Split Rock Lighthouse “The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times," sang Gordon Lightfoot in the song which honors lives lost

November 10, 2025
Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten Monday marks 50 years since the tragic sinking of the Fitzgerald in Lake Superior which took all 29 lives on board

November 7, 2025
'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later On its final voyage, the Fitzgerald departed Duluth-Superior, sinking Nov. 10, 1975 and taking all 29 of her crew

November 7, 2025
Split Rock Lighthouse will light beacon in honor of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Friday The freighter sank in Lake Superior 48 years ago during a storm with a loss of the entire 29-man crew

November 10, 2023