The Great Lakes’ water is usually much warmer than the air temperature in early November. That is one factor that feeds a ...

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

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald still hits close to home in Wisconsin. Half a century later, the legacy lives on through ...

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...

Powerful storms, intense winds, arctic air and even bursts of warmth all play a role in creating the tumbler of weather the ...

It's one of the most infamous ship sinkings in American history, and still shrouded in mystery decades after a chart-topping ...

The 50th anniversary of the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald reminds us of how important the Great Lakes are as a conduit of commerce.

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, wrecked in Lake Superior 50 years ...

A National Weather Service meteorologist said he has never seen a lake-effect storm from Lake Superior drop that much snow in ...

A fireball lit up the sky over eastern Lake Superior late Monday evening, Nov. 3, according to the Michigan Storm Chasers, a ...

Officials believe the crew of the barge Crane, which broke away from the steamer Hettler in a storm last week near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, did not survive. Names of the crew could not be procured, ...

Lake Superior agates often feature a brownish-red exterior that may be pitted and slightly translucent. They’re easiest to ...