A piece of Great Lakes maritime history is hitting the auction block this weekend at DuMouchelles in Detroit, offering ...

According to Detroit auction house DuMouchelles's website, a live auction is set for Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 a.m. CST (11 a.m.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned ...

DuMouchelles announced the life ring, along with a plank from one of the freighter’s lifeboats, will go to bid at 11 a.m. on ...

No one was more surprised than Gordon Lightfoot when his ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" became one of the biggest hits of 1976, less than a year after the disaster it commemorates. The ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Monday is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, marking a half-century of fascination with one of the most infamous nautical ...

"Gales of November" about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is on the New York Times' list of hardcover nonfiction ...

In the 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing her crew of 29, many advances in weather and technology have made bulk carrier shipping safer. Improvements include more real ...

(WLUK) -- Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and its legacy is closely intertwined with another ship that still traverses the Great Lakes to this day. The SS ...

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a... 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ...